Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 314

AXEL

I come across Emily just as she tosses the rabbit carcass aside.

A few times when she’s run off on me, I’ve scented traces of blood and assumed she’d been hunting.

The hunting instincts vary from wolf to wolf.

Some have very strong compulsions and regularly shift into wolf form to hunt. Some will even hunt in human form. I’d heard

Tobin was one such wolf.

Others, the compulsion isn’t as strong, so maybe they only hunt under a full moon.

As I watch Emily step over to the river to wash the blood from her hands and mouth, I wonder if she’s always had a high hunter drive, or if this is a new development since her captivity.

I can’t say whether she hunted in human form just now, or whether she had done so in wolf form like usual and had just shifted back when I came upon her.

It probably doesn’t matter in the scheme of things, but if it starts looking like it might be causing issues or getting out of hand,

then I might have to consider talking to Aaron about it.

one more thing about Emily I’ll have to monitor closely.

I can also pick up the quickly dispersing scent of some kind of male.

It’s weak, so I can’t tell if it was another wolf or human.

We’re not far from the public hiking trails the humans use around these parts, so there’s every possibility it was just someone passing by, and they had no interaction with Emily whatsoever.

to claim Emily as my mate- mostly my wolf–feels a

however, that is a thought–a reality–I will have to get used

rejected Emily as my

Moon Goddess decide to bestow her

no idea how I’m going to

be around

it is enough

Now, I’m fuming.

by the fact that Aaron and I emerged from

his narrow–eyed

needed to find her right away.

fact that Aaron had told me I couldn’t change my mind about rejecting Emily as my male–not that I ever would–and if I did so,

don’t take his words

could kill me.

and call, he’d quickly be able to put

been drawn in the

off limits for good, and that’s the way it should be.

move away from watching her and figure out which direction she’ll need to go in order to

on my face, even though inside I’m an inferno

along like she doesn’t have a care in the

straighten as I realize I don’t think I’ve seen her looking this at ease and carefree since I met

the short amount of time she’s been gone

pulls up short when she sees me and my insides clench at the way the light immediately dims in her eyes, being replaced by something

of me, and I didn’t even

doing out here?” I demand, the accusatory words slipping out before I can control

crosses her arms defiantly. “Aaron may have appointed you as my minder, but I don’t have

inflame my already

yes, you do have to tell me