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 twinge of jealousy at the stray thought she might have met up with

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

Emily as

she’s free to go find another mate, should the Moon Goddess decide to bestow her a second mate, or anyone else

have no idea how I’m going to

I won’t be around to see

just the vague notion of it is

Now, I’m fuming.

emerged from our frank talk to realize Emily

even said anything, but his

find her right away.

me I couldn’t change my mind about rejecting Emily as my male–not that I ever would–and if I did so, he would kill

his words

could kill me. Well, he could

beck and call, he’d quickly be able to

the line has been drawn

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

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

with a bored expression on my face, even though inside I’m an inferno of

Emily comes strolling along like she doesn’t have a care in the

straighten as I realize I don’t think I’ve seen her

time she’s been gone to improve her

me and my insides clench at the way the light immediately dims in her eyes, being replaced by something too close to fear

she is actually afraid of me, and I didn’t

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

her arms defiantly. “Aaron may have appointed you as my minder, but

inflame my already hot temper.

you sneak out and run away again, yes, you do have to tell me what you’ve been doing,” I tell