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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take a deep breath and have to look away from him,

me–locked me–in

the old Roberts Alpha used

more, but it’s like words suddenly leave my

Axel looks distressed.

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

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

a deep breath, returning my gaze to Axel to

think I see a hint of pride in

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.

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gaze trained on me, giving me his undivided attention, as if nothing could be more important to

moment.

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breath as I feel my pulse rate picking up.

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

no light, and he used to toss me down there for hours or sometimes days at a time

food or water.”

growing, and suddenly I’m unsure about telling him anymore.

is he getting angry?

do something wrong?

shrink away from him, but

smoothed

I’m so sorry that happened to you,”

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know how much it must have taken for you to tell me that, so thank you for sharing

him, though my voice is hesitant and not much more than

over my tangled hair in a comforting, affectionate gesture, one I wouldn’t have ever thought to associate with the deadly