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

time, looking up at him, searching

the truth.

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

me after all.

know where to go from here if he can’t be truthful

seems to give in to whatever

his head.

pulling me closer still, holding me properly now, his touch tender.

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say, daring to

embrace in a way I

understood why. I live a dangerous 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 lose myself in the process. How would I go on living and upholding the peace between wolves and

to realize I’ve never considered things

perspective.

it makes total sense why he

trying to save both of us from

voice, and a hint of gratitude crosses his face at my understanding.

that wasn’t all,” he continues. “I’ve made many

I will no doubt

I had a mate, any of them could easily

countless

heart melts for him as I realize

me had been selfish, that he was

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person who simply didn’t want to be

like I am.

trying to

were the

come up

realize it hurts that my mate has been

and there’s nothing I can do to help

him.

do?” he whispers, as if he can’t quite believe it, or

to do

I nod emphatically.

thing I want to do is make your life

doing these past

your fault, Emily,” Axel replies. “I played my part in

well.”

into a hug, and for a moment, we

can feel the new trust and

between us.

be in

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