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!”

becomes a blur of yelling and crying, but Axel doesn’t

can go through the French doors and climb down from the balcony, but those

the glass and leaving anyway, but I’m not that far

to go, and Axel would probably just lock me in the cellar or

trapped like that makes me shudder, and the fight goes

my pillow for a while, before falling into a

the dream starts.

aimlessly through the halls of the house, but everything is dusty and feels abandoned, like I’ve

and the room is warm and inviting, candles glowing softly and a cheery fire in the hearth.

my heart leaps at seeing him, at realizing I’m not alone after

“I’ve been

cold and aloof. He’s

thinks I should be wary,

me up against him, holding

all I’ve

I’ve ever

finally have

a mate who loves me and will protect me and

to look up at him, but before I can say anything, he swoops in and kisses me.

like a

everything a kiss should

heady moment I think that if he

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

ask him, suddenly feeling