Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 317

I barely sleep the rest of the night.

The next morning, Axel unlocks the door carly, but I don’t immediately get out of bed.

I’m not sure if I have the energy or will to face the day.

I wonder what Axel will do if I turn the tables on him and refuse to leave my bedroom, so whether he locks the door or not becomes pointless.

Around mid–morning, there’s a knock on the door.

I don’t answer, even though I doubt it’s Axel.

He wouldn’t knock. He would just barge right in.

The door swings open a few seconds later and Jessica walks in, carrying a tray with what looks like breakfast on it.

“Good morning,” she says in a soft voice, sending me a hesitant smile, as if unsure of her welcome.

Oh great, now even Jessica is tiptoeing around me.

“Does the entire pack know I’m a nutjob who needs to be locked up in her room?” I ask, pulling a blanket over my head.

I hear the sounds of Jessica setting the tray onto the nightstand next to my bed, then a second later the mattress dips and Jessica tugs the blankets away from my face.

thinks that,” she says, and now her

question bitterly as I push myself upright.

food Jessica has brought me and realize I’m actually quite hungry.

help that I missed dinner

and settle it on my lap as Jessica smiles in approval.

your appetite,”

abducted and held captive, eating becomes about survival, especially if you don’t know if or when

whether I had any appetite

can’t possibly think what’s happening to me is okay,” I say between mouthfuls.

frowns and glances away.

it was for your own good,” Jessica says,

something she’s reciting, rather than

reply, trying to choose my words carefully. “But I don’t deserve to be

after saying it’s not fair, because actually, I do kind of sound like a whiny kid.

and I can see that she does care about what

is my best friend,

Even if he is your brother, we can’t go against what he says. And maybe I haven’t always been Leah’s biggest fan, but attacking

duck my head and stare down at my

Leah…at least not where there were

understand everything I went through

I say instead of answering Jessica’s statement. “I can’t be locked up in this bedroom all the time. I need to shift. I need to run. If I can’t do those things, I don’t know how to

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