Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 316

“Don’t even think about locking me in here, Axel,” I tell him, my voice low and threatening.

Axel crosses his arms and looks on dispassionately, not intimidated by me in the least.

Why would he be?

He’s an impossibly powerful slayer who is reportedly hundreds of years old.

I’m probably nothing more than a gnat to him, small, annoying and inconvenient.

“You’re meeting up with strange men in the woods,” Axel replies, eyes narrowing. “You repeatedly run off no matter how many times we tell you not to, and you attacked your own Luna. You’ve brought this on yourself, Emily. Don’t act like it’s a surprise.”

“I didn’t meet up with anyone!” I shout in frustration. “I told you; it was just some random stranger. And I explained about Leah! I thought you understood.”

“Just because I understand, doesn’t mean I condone your behavior,” Axel replies in a harsh voice. “Aaron left me in charge, and I don’t plan to let him down. Your selfish actions. affect the pack whether you know and care or not. I’ll do

whatever it takes to keep you in line, Emily.”

With that, Axel turns on his heel and strides out of the room.

I rush after him, but he slams the door closed between us before I can get there.

A second later, that’s when I hear the lock clicking into place from the outside.

“No!” I yell furiously. “You can’t do this!”

but Axel doesn’t come back, and doesn’t open the door.

doors and climb down from the balcony, but those doors have

breaking the glass and leaving anyway, but I’m not that far gone that I can’t see how that would only

to come back eventually since I have nowhere else to go, and Axel would probably just lock me in the cellar or some kind of windowless

shudder, and the fight goes

and cry into my pillow for a while, before falling into a restless

when the dream

dusty and feels abandoned, like I’ve been

walk into the library and the room is warm and inviting, candles glowing softly and

at seeing him, at realizing I’m not alone after all.

says. “I’ve

Axel isn’t cold and aloof. He’s smiling, warm

me thinks I should be wary, but I can’t

rush forward, and Axel catches me up against him, holding me close and safe in his

I’ve ever

ever

now I finally have

protect me and never let anything bad

before I can say anything, he swoops in

he kisses me–devours me, really, like

and everything a kiss should

storms my body, and for a heady moment I think that if he claims me

the kiss, Axel suddenly pulls back to look down at me

ask him, suddenly feeling