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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to look away from

me–in the cellar,

the old Roberts Alpha

to say more, but it’s like words suddenly leave

Axel looks distressed.

Whatever it is, it’s in

it 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

breath, returning my gaze to Axel to

I think I see a hint of pride

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

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on me, giving me his undivided attention,

moment.

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take another slow breath as I feel my pulse rate

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.

than a closet. There was no light, and he used to toss me down there for hours or sometimes days at a time without

food or water.”

I can see his anger growing, and suddenly

is he getting angry?

do something wrong?

myself beginning to shrink away from him,

and smoothed his

happened to you,” Axel says in a

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you to tell me that, so thank you for sharing with me.”

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

a comforting, affectionate gesture, one