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.

fluttering inside me that maybe things could change, and I could have my happily-ever-after.

But it’s impossible.

part of me is

Ronan is right.

need to find some way to get

me during those years

or weakness puts us into another position like what happened in

have the first clue how

of Axel.

need to brainstorm, and

getting late, and I’ve been gone a long

hasn’t noticed and

Again.

get to

looks up at me. “I really needed that.”

with a smile. But

“I could give

if you need someone

on the chance that I might or might not be out

a beat in a way it hasn’t since

would actually really

reels

him a text message

say the words, because Ronan doesn’t realize how true the run part actually

you again, Emily,” Ronan

really means

that someone sees me

things that’ve

the mistakes I’ve

Ronan probably can’t be a real friend long term.

to figure out if he’s human or wolf.

can scent him, but it’s somehow muddled or

what

probably just

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