Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

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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 from

took me–locked me–in the cellar, it

from when the old

to say more, but it’s like words

Axel looks distressed.

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

Like I could make it go away, make it hurt less, make me less broken if I

a deep breath, returning my gaze

think I see a

with it,” I say 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 told me. I need to tell you

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his undivided attention, as if nothing could

moment.

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another slow breath as I

few years, I 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 like. One of the things he

and he used to toss me down there

food or water.”

but I can see his anger growing, and

is he getting

do something

shrink away from

smoothed his expression.

so sorry that happened to

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for you to tell me that, so thank

you getting angry?” I dare to ask him, though my

a comforting, affectionate gesture, one I wouldn’t have ever