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!”

that, everything becomes a blur of yelling and crying, but Axel doesn’t come back,

even rush to the window, thinking I can go through the French doors and climb down

leaving anyway, but I’m not that far gone that I can’t

probably just lock me in the cellar or some kind of windowless room, making it even

fight goes out of me, leaving me

drag myself to bed and cry into my pillow for a while, before falling into a restless sleep.

the

but everything is dusty and feels abandoned, like I’ve been left

I walk into the library and the room is warm and inviting, candles glowing softly and a cheery fire in the

there, and my heart leaps at seeing

you are,” Axel says. “I’ve been waiting for you.”

aloof. He’s smiling, warm and welcoming.

of me thinks I should be wary, but I

me up against him,

all I’ve

I’ve ever

now I finally

a mate who loves me and will protect me and never let anything bad happen to me again.

I can say anything,

kisses me–devours me, really, like a drowning man gasping for

consuming and everything a kiss

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

the kiss, Axel suddenly

him, suddenly feeling scared and worried.