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.

I’m just not sure whether she’s going

a good alternative to get some of the pain

Emily and Jessica are. working in tandem on

seems as if

I step up

if there’s a real spark of fear in her

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

hurt her when I subdued her

after

make her think I’m no better than

voice comes out rougher than I mean it

she asks, mostly suspicious, but with a hint of

everything?” I snap at her. “It’s time you learned what it means to obey your Alpha.”

Alpha, but I’m acting in his stead, so my word should

and lash out like a wounded, cornered

I’m not

decided that locking

best answer to protect both her and the

we’ll soon see the last of

an apologetic look

shows her hurt, and then

are swiftly

angry, maybe she’ll be able to see the

through the house at a clip expecting

to do today once I get Emily set up with her

and huge underground facilities where Aaron both trains his pack and keeps

first day here, when Aaron gave me the tour.

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