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

this time, looking up at him, searching

the truth.

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

me after all.

here if he can’t be truthful with

in

his head.

me properly now, his touch tender.

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to me,” I say, daring to lift

chest, enjoying how I’m in his embrace in a way I never

immortal. What good would it do to have a mate for a single, mortal lifetime, only to lose. her and then maybe lose myself

never considered things

perspective.

makes total sense why he rejected me.

both of us from the inevitable pain.

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

all,” he continues. “I’ve made many enemies

lifetime, and I will no doubt make many more

mate, any of them could easily threaten or use her

me in countless

melts for him as I realize that all this time,

reject me had been selfish, that he was some

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didn’t want to be

like I am.

was trying

reasons for rejecting me were the least selfish ones he

come up

it hurts that my mate has been

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

him.

he can’t quite believe it, or doesn’t

what to do with the fact.

I nod emphatically.

is make your

these past weeks.”

fault, Emily,” Axel replies. “I

well.”

me into a hug, and for a moment, we stand there holding one another.

feel the new trust and depth of

between us.

in

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