Chapter 318

AXEL

I’ve been checking in on Emily all morning.

From å distance.

Staying away so she wouldn’t be aware I was still closely monitoring her.

I asked Jessica to keep an eye on her, knowing Emily wouldn’t welcome my presence after what I was forced to do last night.

I didn’t want to lock her in her bedroom like that.

Lknow a thing or two about captivity, and it literally would have been her worst nightmare, having her power and freedom stolen away like that.

But it was what Aaron decreed needed to happen to keep Emily secure while he was away.

I think Emily attacking Leah was the last straw for Aaron, and I wonder what he’s going to do about his sister when he eventually gets back from Romania.

Last night, I’d sat outside her door in the hallway as she’d raged and screamed and cried until she’d given up in exhaustion, and I’d hated myself every second of every minute for doing that to her.

gone.

I spent most of last night and this morning-when I wasn’t dealing with pack issues-trying to think of ways I could help Emily.

She needs to be able to prove to Aaron that she’s working through things in a healthy way, and I don’t think simply seeing the pack therapist is the answer.

Especially when it comes to her need to shift and run.

I wish I could let her roam to her heart’s content, but with the new threat posed by vampires, it’s just not safe.

with an idea, I’m just not sure whether she’s going to

think it’s a good alternative to get some of the pain and aggression out if she can’t shift and

are. working in tandem on some of the duties Leah would

pale and tired, but seems as if she’s having an

up to them,

mistaken, but it seems as if

been questionable, but I don’t understand what I did to make

really going to hurt her when

the hallway after

bedroom last night make her think I’m no better than the old Roberts alpha who

voice comes out rougher than I mean it to. “Come

asks, mostly suspicious, but with a hint of

question everything?” I snap at her. “It’s time you learned what it

Alpha, but I’m acting in his stead, so my

and defy everyone and lash out like a wounded, cornered animal is

I’m not

decided that locking

was the best answer to protect both her and the rest of the pack

if my plan works, I hope we’ll soon see the last

an apologetic look and then turns

shows her hurt, and

are swiftly followed by

to see the benefit of what

through the house at a clip

got a million things to do today once I

across the expansive grounds to the entrance of the training ward and huge underground facilities where Aaron both

highly impressed the first day here, when Aaron gave me the

Aaron’s training regimen and expectations of his

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