Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

Chapter 324

“What brought you out here today?” Ronan asks after the relaxing silence has stretched on for a while.

“More of the same,” I reply, bringing my knees up and wrapping my arms around them.

“Family troubles,” he surmises with a nod.

“Worse than that,” I mutter, feeling my cheeks heat as I remember what took place in the underground training facility early.

The thing I’ve been running from all day.

“There’s this guy, kind of a friend of my brother-” I start, but Ronan gives a quick laugh.

Not a mean one, more one of understanding and sympathy.

“Isn’t there always?”

Like last time we spoke-the first time I met him-I find myself opening up.

Not telling him any specifics, just some generalizations so he still has an idea of what I’m dealing with.

I’m not sure if that thing about it being easier to talk to strangers is true, or if it’s something about Ronan himself.

How he calmly listens and doesn’t judge me.

“I don’t think you deserve to be treated like that. It sounds like you need to find some way to be rid of this guy while your brother is away,” Ronan says.

The idea is equally appealing and abhorrent to me.

Deep inside me, my instincts-my wolf-are already mourning the idea of Axel being gone from my life.

He’s my mate.

rejected me, even though he’s dangerous to me, I can’t escape

get rid of that small flame of hope fluttering inside me

But it’s impossible.

part of me

Ronan is right.

some way to

out what really happened to me during those years I was held

or weakness puts us into another position like what happened in the training

the first clue how to get

brainstorm, and I probably

gone a long time. I’ll be lucky if Axel hasn’t noticed

Again.

to

as he looks up at

something. “I could give you my number, if you want. That way if you

heart skips a beat in a way

actually

then reels

immediately send him a text message so he’s got my number as

run,” I end up smiling after I say the

was nice to see you again, Emily,” Ronan says, and

sees me for who I am, not who

things that’ve happened

the mistakes I’ve

can’t be a real friend long

out if he’s human or wolf. It’s like I