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.

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

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

working in tandem

as if she’s having an okay time with

up to them,

as if there’s a real spark of fear in her

I don’t understand what I did to

hurt her when I subdued her

the hallway after she attacked Leah?

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

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

mostly suspicious, but with a

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

acting in his stead,

constant need to fight and defy everyone and lash out

I’m not

that locking her

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

works, I hope we’ll soon see the

who sends her an apologetic look and then turns

expression shows her

swiftly followed by rage.

be able to see the benefit of what I’m

march through the house at a clip expecting Emily to

do today once I get Emily set

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

day here, when Aaron gave me the tour.

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