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.

just not

get some of the pain and aggression out if she can’t shift and

go to where Emily and Jessica are. working in tandem on some of

seems as if she’s

up to them, Emily’s expression

and 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

her when I subdued

the hallway after she attacked

bedroom last night make her think I’m no better than the

say, and my voice comes out rougher than I mean it to.

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

I snap at her. “It’s time you

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

to fight and defy everyone and lash out

I’m not

that locking her

best answer to protect both her and the rest of the pack from her self-destructive behavior.

hope we’ll soon see the

sends her an apologetic

that, Emily’s expression shows her hurt, and

are swiftly

she’ll be able to see the benefit of what I’m about to

at a clip expecting Emily

today once I get Emily

of the training ward and huge underground facilities where Aaron both trains

was highly impressed the first day here, when Aaron

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