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.

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

good alternative to get some of the pain and aggression out if she can’t shift and run.

Emily and Jessica are. working in tandem on some of the duties

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

when I step up to them, Emily’s expression

and maybe I’m mistaken, but it seems as if there’s a real spark

I don’t understand what I did to make her truly fear me.

really going to hurt her when I

hallway after she attacked Leah?

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

out rougher than I mean it to. “Come with

she asks, mostly suspicious, but

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

I’m acting in his

and lash out like a

I’m not

Aaron decided that locking

answer to protect both her and the rest of the pack

plan works, I hope we’ll soon see the

to Jessica, who sends her an apologetic look and

Emily’s expression shows her hurt, and

are swiftly

she’ll be able to see the

march through the house at a clip

to do today once I get Emily set up with her

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

the first day here, when Aaron

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