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.

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

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

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

if

I step up to them, Emily’s expression

it seems as if there’s a real spark of

been questionable, but I don’t understand what

to hurt her when I subdued

hallway after

make her think I’m no better

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

suspicious, but with

snap at her. “It’s time

acting in his stead, so my word

lash out like a wounded, cornered animal is exhausting.

I’m not

decided that locking her up at

throughout the day was the best answer to protect both her and the rest of the pack from her

hope we’ll

an apologetic look and then turns away.

that, Emily’s expression shows her

are swiftly

able to see the benefit of what I’m about to

at a clip expecting Emily to

to do today once I get Emily set up with

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

first day here, when Aaron gave me the tour.

are excellent, and it’s clear Aaron’s training regimen and expectations