Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 310

AXEL

Aaron stalks across the hall into the room he gave me to use.

I’m assuming he doesn’t want to leave Emily for long in case she tries to run or decides she’s going to pick up where she left off with Leah.

I have a better understanding now of why Emily hates Leah so much.

The old Roberts Alpha sounds like he was a twisted bastard.

I think Aaron would maybe have more sympathy and understanding for Emily if he knew some of what she went through, but it’s not my place to tell him.

I won’t betray Emily’s confidence like that.

Aaron and Leah leaving for the Old Country for a few days, or a week is probably for the best.

It’ll give Emily some time to adjust without Leah here to constantly remind her of what she went through.

However, I get the sense Emily wasn’t telling me everything.

Like maybe she told me a sanitized version, and there was much

more to it.

Probably things that were even more horrible than what she spoke of.

It’s clear I need to get to the bottom of it all.

Preferably before we have more instances like today.

There are mounting mysteries about Emily that make me think all isn’t as it seems with her.

is bubbling under

volatile and

than just the abduction and captivity, and even the

Emily to start healing properly, I think we need to get

I rejected her as my mate, but not because I

was

I can see why the

the kind of spark I’ve rarely come across

protect her.

it would be better for her in

being mated–bound–to someone like me would be nothing but a curse.

and Emily

So, what?

then get to live one short lifetime with her?

mate dies and spend

would sign up for that?

is

keep the

between

the line that separates

that’s why the Moon Goddess never gave me a mate before, because if I lost her and went rogue or died myself, then who would

understand why this has happened here and now with

thing is

I can still protect her like she’s mine.

before I have to move on to whatever next rogue vampire or wolf I’m

says, crossing his

keep my voice even and free of emotion since I don’t know what Aaron is thinking about all this right now. “I was the one who found Emily out in the woods. As soon as I

you rejected her? When you knew what’d happened to her? When you could see how fragile she was? Did you even stop to think

time he finishes those rapid–fire questions.

for Emily’s sake,” I tell