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

of the pain and aggression out

go to where Emily and Jessica are. working in tandem

pale and tired, but seems as if she’s

I step up

but it seems as if there’s a real spark of fear

know my treatment of her has been questionable, but I don’t understand what I did to make her truly fear me.

really going to hurt her

after she attacked Leah?

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

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

mostly suspicious, but

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

acting in his stead,

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

I’m not

decided that locking her up at night

protect both her and the rest of the pack from her self-destructive

we’ll soon see the

sends her an apologetic look

expression shows her hurt, and then betrayal.

are swiftly

see the

house at a clip

once I get Emily set up with her new

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

impressed the first day here, when Aaron gave me

are excellent, and it’s clear Aaron’s training regimen and expectations of