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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breath and have to look away

you took me–locked me–in the

the old

more, but it’s like words suddenly leave

Axel looks distressed.

you don’t have to tell me. Whatever it is, it’s in the past. I’m sorry,

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 be in the past and pretended it didn’t affect me now. But

a deep breath, returning my gaze to Axel to

and I think I see a

say resolutely, even though I’m terrified of facing the things inside me. Especially the biggest secret I’m keeping from everyone. “And the

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trained on me, giving me his undivided attention, as if nothing could

moment.

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as I feel my pulse

tried my hardest to be good and docile so he would leave me 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

was no light, and he used to toss me down there for hours or

food or water.”

is listening, but I can see his anger growing, and suddenly I’m

he

I do something wrong?

myself beginning to shrink away

smoothed his

sorry that happened to you,”

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have taken for you to tell me that, so thank you for

though my voice is hesitant

one of his hands and gentle runs it over my tangled hair in a comforting, affectionate gesture, one I wouldn’t have