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 going to like it.

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

go to where Emily and Jessica are. working in tandem on some of the duties Leah would usually do as pack Luna.

as if she’s having an okay

I step up to

if there’s a real spark of fear

treatment of her has been questionable, but I don’t understand what I

hurt her when I subdued

hallway after she attacked

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

and my voice comes out rougher than I mean it to. “Come

mostly suspicious, but with a

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

acting in his

defy everyone and lash out like a wounded, cornered

I’m not

decided that locking her up at

to protect both her and the rest

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

who sends her an apologetic look and then turns away.

her hurt,

swiftly followed

if she’s angry, maybe she’ll be able to see the benefit of what I’m

the house at a clip expecting

a million things to do today once I get Emily set up with

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

impressed the first day here, when Aaron gave me the

Aaron’s training regimen and expectations of his pack