Bad Love: An Alpha's Regret (Leah and Aaron) novel Chapter 327

I’m dreaming, on some level I know that.

But it doesn’t stop my body shaking with fear.

I’m running through the dark halls of the mansion.

Except it doesn’t look like home, it’s all sinister and wrong.

I can’t see Axel, but I know he’s chasing me.

And this time it’s not some game.

It’s not a simple battle of wills.

It’s life or death.

And I know when he catches me, he’ll show no mercy.

He’ll kill me, and I won’t be able to stop him.

I keep running and running, but I’m not getting anywhere.

I can’t find a way out, and I can’t find anywhere to hide.

“Emily!” Axel shouts from somewhere deeper in the house, and I shudder at the hatred and malice in his tone. “I know what you are, Emily! You thought you could hide it. You thought you could fool me. But you were wrong. I am the slayer, and I’m coming for you.”

Tears start streaming down my face.

I don’t want to die.

I don’t want Axel to kill me.

I want him to accept who and what I am.

I want him to love me.

He’s my mate, he’s supposed to be mine.

He’s supposed to be my happy ending.

I need to get outside.

If I can make it out of the mansion, if I can shift and run, then I know I’ll be safe.

But the corridor is endless and most of the doors are locked.

And when I do find one that’s open, it just leads to another hallway.

Until I come to a dead end.

There’s a mirror on the wall and I find myself frozen, staring into the reflection.

It’s me, but I’m all wrong.

I’m monstrous. Grotesque.

The outside now shows what’s really inside.

And then, over my shoulder, I see a dark shape looming up.

I spin, and come face to face with Axel.

He wraps a hand around my neck and lifts me off my feet, and then smashes my back into the mirror, sending a cascade of glass showering down around me.

“This was always going to be our fate, Emily,” Axel tells me, his voice burning with loathing. “How could I ever love you? How could you ever be my mate? I despise your very existence.”