Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 317

I barely sleep the rest of the night.

The next morning, Axel unlocks the door carly, but I don’t immediately get out of bed.

I’m not sure if I have the energy or will to face the day.

I wonder what Axel will do if I turn the tables on him and refuse to leave my bedroom, so whether he locks the door or not becomes pointless.

Around mid–morning, there’s a knock on the door.

I don’t answer, even though I doubt it’s Axel.

He wouldn’t knock. He would just barge right in.

The door swings open a few seconds later and Jessica walks in, carrying a tray with what looks like breakfast on it.

“Good morning,” she says in a soft voice, sending me a hesitant smile, as if unsure of her welcome.

Oh great, now even Jessica is tiptoeing around me.

“Does the entire pack know I’m a nutjob who needs to be locked up in her room?” I ask, pulling a blanket over my head.

I hear the sounds of Jessica setting the tray onto the nightstand next to my bed, then a second later the mattress dips and Jessica tugs the blankets away from my face.

she says, and now her expression is more

they?” I question bitterly as I

the selection of food Jessica has

doesn’t help that I missed dinner

grab the tray and settle it on my lap as Jessica smiles

you haven’t lost your appetite,” she says as

don’t bother telling her that when you get abducted and held captive, eating becomes about survival, especially if you don’t know if or

whether I had

can’t possibly think what’s happening to me is

and glances away.

it was for your own good,”

rather

since I got home,” I reply, trying to choose my words carefully. “But I don’t deserve to be locked in my room like I’m some

closed after saying it’s not fair, because actually, I do kind of sound

see that she does care about what happens to me.

best friend, after

what he says. And maybe I haven’t always been Leah’s biggest fan, but

and stare down at my partially eaten

have attacked Leah…at least not where there were witnesses.

doesn’t understand everything I went

in this bedroom all the time. I need to shift.

www

and takes my