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.

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

get some of the pain and aggression out

Jessica are. working in tandem on

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

step up to

maybe I’m mistaken, but it seems as if there’s a real spark of fear in her eyes.

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

really going to hurt her when I subdued

after she attacked Leah?

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

my voice comes out rougher than I mean it to. “Come with me.”

she asks, mostly suspicious, but with a hint of anxiety.

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

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

to fight and defy everyone and lash out like a wounded,

I’m not

decided that locking her up

protect both her and the rest of the pack

works, I hope we’ll

to Jessica, who sends her an apologetic look

that, Emily’s expression shows her

are swiftly

see the benefit

march through the house at a

million things to do today once I get Emily

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

here, when Aaron

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