Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 340

I knew it couldn’t last, and all too soon, Axel is shifting, pulling

away from me.

Except he doesn’t let me go and get up from the bed.

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He simply loosens his hold and leans back from me, then sets his hand beneath my chin so I’m forced to look up at him.

I can’t even imagine how wrecked I must appear right now.

After that hurricane of rage in the cellar storeroom leaving my hair in a tangle, and now with tears wetting my face, I must look quite

the sight.

However, Axel doesn’t seem to notice.

He looks worried–like he actually cares about me–as he stares down at me with a furrowed brow.

“Emily,” he says, again in that low voice that makes me shiver. “Talk to me. What happened down there?”

I’m not really ready to talk–truthfully, I don’t think I’ll ever be ready to talk about this–but I know it’s long past time I actually

started telling someone, anyone, some of the things that

happened to me.

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deep breath and have to look away

me–in the

old Roberts Alpha

more, but it’s like words suddenly leave

Axel looks distressed.

have to tell me. Whatever it is, it’s in the past. I’m sorry,

anyway,” I tell him, because it looks like he’s ready to start beating himself up over it. “Because I didn’t tell you. Because I refused to talk to anyone about what happened to me. Like I could make it go away, make it hurt less, make me less broken if I forced it to

my gaze to Axel to find him

me closely, and I think I see a hint of pride in his

resolutely, even though I’m terrified of facing the things inside me. Especially the biggest secret I’m keeping from everyone. “And the way to do that is to begin by talking. At least that’s what the pack therapist

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nods, his gaze trained on me, giving me his undivided attention, as if

moment.

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as I feel my pulse rate picking

alone. But sometimes he punished me simply because he was in a bad mood, or because something was going wrong in his pack, or because he’d get some news about Leah he didn’t like. One of the things he did sometimes was lock me in the storm

he used to toss me down there

food or water.”

is listening, but I can see his anger growing, and suddenly I’m unsure about telling him anymore.

is he

I do something wrong?

beginning to shrink away from

smoothed

sorry that happened to you,” Axel says in a

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know how much it must have taken for you

him, though my voice

runs it over my tangled hair in a comforting, affectionate