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

me–in the cellar, it

old Roberts

but it’s like words suddenly

Axel looks distressed.

me. Whatever it is,

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

take a deep breath, returning my gaze to Axel to find him

me closely, and I think I see a

dealing 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 what happened,

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attention, as if nothing could be more important to him at this

moment.

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another slow breath as I feel my

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

light, and he used to toss me down there for hours

food or water.”

his anger growing, and suddenly

is he getting angry?

I do

away from him, but he gentles his

and smoothed his expression.

that happened to

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you to tell me that, so thank you for sharing

are you getting angry?” I dare to ask him, though my voice is hesitant and not much more than

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 Slayer.