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

Axel’s

this time, looking up at him,

for the truth.

and I think maybe he’s not

after all.

know where to go from here if he can’t

then he seems to give in to whatever thoughts are

his

me closer still, holding me properly now, his

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daring

in his embrace in 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 vampires if I

I’ve never considered

perspective.

total sense why he rejected

save both of us from the

I tell him in a quiet voice, and a hint of

that wasn’t all,” he continues.

lifetime, and I will no doubt

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

me in countless terrible ways.”

realize that

selfish, that

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person who simply didn’t want

like I am.

was trying

were the least selfish ones

come up with.

and I realize it hurts that my

terrible position, and there’s nothing I

him.

whispers, as if he can’t

what to do with the

I nod emphatically.

to do is make your life harder, and that’s

doing these past weeks.”

Axel replies. “I played my part in it as

well.”

hug, and for a moment, we

feel the new trust and depth

between us.

in my

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