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 from him, focusing on the wall beyond his

took me–locked me–in the cellar, it

old Roberts

but it’s like words suddenly leave

Axel looks distressed.

Whatever it is, it’s in the past. I’m sorry, if

didn’t know, not enough of 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 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

returning my gaze to Axel to find

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

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

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me, giving me his undivided attention, as

moment.

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another slow breath as I feel my pulse

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

a closet. There was no light, and he used to toss me down

food or water.”

can see his anger growing, and

is he getting angry?

do

feel myself beginning to shrink away from him,

smoothed his expression.

that happened to you,” Axel says in a

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

though my voice is hesitant and not much more than a whisper.

lifts one of his hands and gentle runs it over my tangled hair in a comforting, affectionate gesture, one I wouldn’t have ever thought to associate with the deadly