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.

idea, I’m just not sure whether she’s going to like it.

a good alternative to get some of the

in tandem

but seems as if she’s

I step up

if there’s a real spark of

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

to hurt her when I subdued her

hallway after she attacked

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

voice comes out rougher

suspicious, but with a hint

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

I’m not her Alpha, but I’m acting in his stead,

everyone and lash out like a wounded, cornered animal is exhausting.

I’m not

decided that locking her

throughout the day was the best answer to protect both

works, I hope we’ll soon see the last of that.

to Jessica, who sends her an apologetic look and then turns

her hurt, and

both are swiftly

to see the benefit of what I’m

at a clip expecting Emily

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

highly impressed the first day here, when Aaron gave me the

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