Chapter 318

AXEL

I’ve been checking in on Emily all morning.

From å distance.

Staying away so she wouldn’t be aware I was still closely monitoring her.

I asked Jessica to keep an eye on her, knowing Emily wouldn’t welcome my presence after what I was forced to do last night.

I didn’t want to lock her in her bedroom like that.

Lknow a thing or two about captivity, and it literally would have been her worst nightmare, having her power and freedom stolen away like that.

But it was what Aaron decreed needed to happen to keep Emily secure while he was away.

I think Emily attacking Leah was the last straw for Aaron, and I wonder what he’s going to do about his sister when he eventually gets back from Romania.

Last night, I’d sat outside her door in the hallway as she’d raged and screamed and cried until she’d given up in exhaustion, and I’d hated myself every second of every minute for doing that to her.

gone.

I spent most of last night and this morning-when I wasn’t dealing with pack issues-trying to think of ways I could help Emily.

She needs to be able to prove to Aaron that she’s working through things in a healthy way, and I don’t think simply seeing the pack therapist is the answer.

Especially when it comes to her need to shift and run.

I could let her roam to her heart’s content, but with the new threat posed by

an idea, I’m just not sure whether

the pain and aggression out if she can’t shift

I go to where Emily and Jessica are. working in

as if she’s having

up to them,

shutters, and maybe I’m mistaken, but it seems as if there’s a real spark of fear in her

treatment of her has been questionable, but I don’t understand what I did to make

hurt her when I

hallway after she attacked

her in the bedroom last night make her think

say, and my voice comes out rougher

she asks, mostly suspicious, but with

I snap at her. “It’s time you learned

acting in his stead, so my word

need to fight and defy everyone and lash out like a wounded, cornered animal

I’m not

decided that locking

answer to protect both her and the rest of the

plan works, I hope we’ll soon see the last of

an apologetic look and then turns

her hurt, and

swiftly followed by rage.

if she’s angry, maybe she’ll be able to see the benefit of

at a clip expecting Emily

got a million things to do today once I get

of the training ward and huge underground facilities where Aaron both trains his pack

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