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

good alternative to get some of the pain and

before lunch time, I go to where Emily and Jessica are. working in tandem on some of the duties Leah would usually

tired, but seems as if she’s having an okay

step up to them, Emily’s expression

mistaken, but it seems as if there’s

but I don’t understand what I did to make her

really going to hurt her

hallway after she attacked

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

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

suspicious, but with

“It’s time you learned what it means to obey

not her Alpha, but I’m acting in his stead,

to fight and defy everyone and lash out like a wounded, cornered animal is

I’m not

locking her up at night

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

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

Jessica, who sends her an apologetic look and then turns

expression shows her

are swiftly

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

the house at a clip expecting Emily to

million things to do today once I get Emily

and huge underground facilities where Aaron both trains his pack and keeps them fighting

first day here, when

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