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.

flame of hope fluttering inside me that maybe things

But it’s impossible.

part of me

Ronan is right.

way to get rid of Axel.

he finds out what really happened to me during those years I was held

before my own stupidity or weakness puts us into another position like what happened in the training room.

even have the first clue how to get

of Axel.

and I probably

and I’ve been

Axel hasn’t noticed

Again.

to my

I say as he looks up at

a smile. But then

something. “I could give you my number,

need someone to listen, you don’t have

the chance that I might

a way

I would actually

and then reels off his cell number.

immediately send him a text message so he’s got my number as

say the words,

was nice to see you again,

really means it.

so refreshing that someone sees me for who

the things

the mistakes I’ve

probably can’t be a real friend

to figure out if he’s human or

can scent him, but it’s somehow

can’t identify what I’m

just my

Ronan can’t