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.

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

get some of the pain and aggression out

lunch time, I go to where Emily and Jessica are. working in tandem on some of the duties Leah would usually do as pack Luna.

is pale and tired, but seems as if she’s having an okay time with

when I step up to them,

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

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

her when I

after

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

my voice comes out rougher than I mean it to.

but with a hint of anxiety.

“It’s time you learned what

in his stead, so my word

lash out like a wounded, cornered animal is

I’m not

Aaron decided that locking her

throughout the day was the best answer to protect both her and the rest of the

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

who sends her an apologetic look and then turns away.

Emily’s expression shows her hurt, and then betrayal.

are swiftly

she’s angry, maybe she’ll be able to see the benefit of what I’m about to

the house at a clip expecting Emily to keep up.

to do today once I get Emily set up with her new schedule.

walk out across the expansive grounds to the entrance of the training ward and huge underground facilities where Aaron both trains his pack and

first day here, when

and it’s clear Aaron’s training regimen and expectations