Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

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.

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

alternative to get some of the pain and

to where Emily and Jessica are. working in tandem

as if

I step up to them,

seems as if there’s a real spark of fear in her

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

her when I subdued her

the hallway after

in the bedroom last night make her think I’m no better than the

out rougher than I mean

she asks, mostly suspicious, but with a

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

I’m acting in

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

I’m not

decided that locking

her watched constantly throughout the day was the best answer to protect both

plan works, I hope we’ll soon see the last of that.

looks to Jessica, who sends her an apologetic look and then turns

shows her hurt, and

are swiftly followed by

be able to see the benefit of

at a clip expecting

I get Emily

the training ward and huge underground

was highly impressed the first day here, when Aaron gave

training regimen and expectations of his pack members