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 assessment of me.

why?” I whisper this time, looking up at

the truth.

for a second and I

after all.

to go from here if he can’t be

then he seems to give in to whatever thoughts

his

at all, Emily,” he says gently, pulling me closer still, holding me properly now, his touch tender. “Well, it

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

in his embrace in a

and in all the time, the Moon Goddess never once granted me a mate. 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

realize I’ve never considered things from

perspective.

it makes total sense why he

trying to save both of us

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

wasn’t all,” he continues. “I’ve made

lifetime, and I will no doubt make many more

a mate, any of

in countless terrible

for him as I realize that

been selfish, that he was some kind

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simply didn’t want

like I am.

was trying

me were the least

come up with.

it hurts

a terrible position, and there’s nothing I can do to help

him.

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

do

I nod emphatically.

to do is make your life harder,

been doing these past

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

well.”

and for a moment, we stand there holding one

feel the new trust and depth of our relationship

between us.

in

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