Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 319

EMILY

I can’t believe the audacity of Axel.

Treating me like a literal child who doesn’t even know the basics of fighting.

Expecting me to train with the beginners who know nothing.

I could probably wipe the floor with all of them, and barely break a sweat.

And now he’s thrown down a challenge.

If I want to get out of this, I have to beat him.

Part of me thinks it’s impossible.

Especially knowing who he really is.

Axel has killed countless vampires and wolves over centuries.

I doubt I pose much of a challenge to him.

However, this feels like yet another punishment he or Aaron has come up with to keep me inline. Forcing me to prove I can still be part of the pack.

enough not to endure the humiliation of starting training with the newbies that I think maybe if I’m quick and nimble, I

to the death, after all.

I only have to take him

to use his size and

are

somewhere a little quieter,” Axel suggests, and I appreciate it, because if I’m about to be humiliated, I

training space to one of the smaller workout

weights and a few other bits of equipment on shelves and racks on the walls, but otherwise the mats are clear in the middle

kicks off his boots and then strips out of his shirt, leaving him in a muscle shirt underneath. It shows off the bulging muscles of his biceps and fits snugly to the contours of his

he steps to the middle of the mats and waits for me.

mostly no inflection in his voice like usual, I feel like I detect a hint of humor. “But it only seemed fair to give you the

this whole thing is probably rigged against me somehow, but I

and then walk over to stand on the mat across from

I ask, stretching my arms a little.

wolfishly at me, a glint in his eyes.

are no

stomach flutters at

is currently making my life hell at my brother’s request-not to mention the fact he’s a slayer-I

down, I win,

shallow nod. “The second

size and strength, and trying to figure out how hard I’d have to hit him to

it’ll probably be like hitting a