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.

come up with an idea, I’m just not sure whether she’s

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

in tandem on some

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

when I step up to them, Emily’s

mistaken, but it seems as if there’s a real

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

her when I subdued

after

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

and my voice comes out rougher than I mean it

but with a hint of anxiety.

at her. “It’s time you

Alpha, but I’m acting in his stead, so

and defy everyone and lash out like a wounded, cornered

I’m not

that locking her up at

having her watched constantly throughout the day was the best answer to protect both her and the rest of

we’ll soon

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

that, Emily’s expression shows her hurt, and then

both are swiftly followed by

see

house at a clip expecting Emily

I get

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

here, when Aaron

training regimen and