Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 324

“What brought you out here today?” Ronan asks after the

relaxing silence has stretched on for a while.

“More of the same,” I reply, bringing my knees up and wrapping my arms around them.

“Family troubles,” he surmises with a nod.

“Worse than that,” I mutter, feeling my cheeks heat as I remember what took place in the underground training facility early.

The thing I’ve been running from all day.

“There’s this guy, kind of a friend of my brother-” I start, but Ronan gives a quick laugh.

Not a mean one, more one of understanding and sympathy.

“Isn’t there always?”

Like last time we spoke-the first time I met him-I find myself opening up.

Not telling him any specifics, just some generalizations so he

still has an idea of what I’m dealing with.

I’m not sure if that thing about it being easier to talk to

strangers is true, or if it’s something about Ronan himself.

How he calmly listens and doesn’t judge me.

“I don’t think you deserve to be treated like that. It sounds like you need to find some way to be rid of this guy while your

brother is away,” Ronan says.

The idea is equally appealing and abhorrent to me.

Deep inside me, my instincts-my wolf-are already mourning the idea of Axel being gone from my life.

He’s my mate.

Even though he rejected me, even though he’s dangerous to me, I can’t escape that fact.

that small flame of hope fluttering inside me that maybe things could change, and I could have

But it’s impossible.

part of me is

Ronan is right.

some way

happened to me during those years I was

or weakness puts us into another position like what happened in

even have the first clue how to get rid

of Axel.

and

getting late, and I’ve been

be lucky if Axel hasn’t noticed and doesn’t come

Again.

I get to my feet.

Ronan,” I say as he looks up at me. “I

smile. But then he

“I could give

way if you need someone to

might or might

heart skips a beat in a way it hasn’t since I was

actually

reels off his

then immediately send him a text message so he’s

up smiling after I say the words, because Ronan doesn’t realize how true

see you again, Emily,” Ronan says, and it seems

really means it.

sees me for who I am, not

or the things that’ve happened to me.

mistakes I’ve

Ronan probably can’t be a real

out if he’s human

him, but it’s somehow muddled or disguised, so

identify what I’m

it’s probably just

the case, Ronan can’t ever know the full truth