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 like it.

to get some of the pain and aggression

I go to where Emily and Jessica are. working in tandem on some

and tired, but seems as if she’s having an okay time with her friend.

when I step up to

as if there’s a real spark of fear

questionable, but I don’t understand what

really going to hurt her when

after she attacked Leah?

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

comes out rougher than I mean it to. “Come with me.”

she asks, mostly suspicious, but with a hint

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

acting in his stead,

defy everyone and lash out like a wounded, cornered animal

I’m not

that locking her

to protect both her and the rest

we’ll soon see the last of that.

an apologetic look and then turns

her

are swiftly followed by

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

house at a clip expecting

million things to do today once I get Emily set up with her

entrance of the training ward and huge underground facilities where Aaron both trains his pack and

first day here, when Aaron gave

and it’s clear Aaron’s training regimen