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.

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

I think it’s a good alternative to get some of the pain and aggression out if

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

if she’s having an

I step up to

maybe I’m mistaken, but it seems as if there’s a real spark of fear in her eyes.

my treatment of her has been questionable, but I don’t understand what

her when I subdued her

after she

her in the bedroom last night make her think I’m

out rougher than I

she asks, mostly suspicious, but with a

I snap at her. “It’s time you learned what it means to

not her Alpha, but I’m acting in his stead, so my word should be

and lash out like a wounded, cornered animal is

I’m not

locking her up at night

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

plan works, I hope we’ll soon see

sends her an apologetic look and then

her hurt, and then betrayal.

both are swiftly

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

through the house at a clip expecting Emily to keep

do today once I get Emily set up with her

out across the expansive grounds to the entrance of the training ward and huge

highly impressed the first day here, when Aaron gave

and it’s clear Aaron’s training regimen and expectations of his pack