Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

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I can’t bring myself to name what I’m feeling.

If I do, it’s putting too much power behind the emotion.

“Axel, why did you break the bond?”

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I didn’t mean to blurt that out, but once the words are out there, I

watch him flinch.

But he keeps walking.

Axel?” I try again.

He doesn’t answer right away, and I swallow down the lump in

my throat. But I don’t turn back. I follow him into the annex. To the

far end, pushing into the bathroom after him and not caring if he

wants his privacy or not.

He washes himself in the sink. The blood sluicing off his arms and

chest.

I wait as he cleanses away the remnants of the fighting. I want to

help him. To take the towel from his hand and care for him myself,

but I know it’s not what he wants right now.

“Why, Axel?” I repeat. “Is it because of what happened to me?

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Because you knew I would be some broken, fragile mess?”

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He hurls the last of the rags aside and steps forward. He catches. my upper arms, his expression fierce.

“I don’t think that about you at all, Emily,” he says in an intense tone. “I think you’re strong and resilient. I think you’re amazing. Instead of being broken by what you went through, you let it make

you stronger. Not many people can claim that.”

I let a wan smile tug at my lips.

Not many people have been through what I went through, and I

with Axel’s

why?” I whisper this time, looking

for the truth.

looks torn for a second and I think maybe he’s not going

after

where to go from here if he can’t be truthful with me.

to give in to

inside his

holding me properly now, his touch tender.

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explain it to me,” I say, daring to lift my hands

his embrace in a way I never

existence. And I’m immortal. What good would it do to have a mate for a single, mortal lifetime, only to lose. her and then maybe

I’ve never considered things

perspective.

sense

save both of us from the inevitable

in a quiet voice, and a hint of gratitude crosses his face at my

continues. “I’ve

I will no doubt make many

If I had a mate, any of them could easily threaten or

in countless

heart melts for him as I realize that all this time, I thought Axel’s

selfish, that he was some

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who simply didn’t want

like I am.

trying

the least

come up

realize it hurts

a terrible position, and there’s

him.

he can’t

do with the

I nod emphatically.

last thing I want to do is make your

doing these

wasn’t your fault, Emily,” Axel replies. “I played my part in it as

well.”

a hug, and for a moment, we stand there

feel the new trust and depth

between us.

be in my life

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