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.

part of me that wants to claim Emily as my mate- mostly my wolf–feels a twinge of jealousy at the stray thought she

is a thought–a reality–I will have to get

Emily as my mate.

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

I’m going

be around to see it.

the vague notion of it is enough to set my blood boiling.

Now, I’m fuming.

the fact that Aaron and I emerged from our frank talk to realize Emily had run off

said anything, but his narrow–eyed look had spoken

needed to find her right

Aaron had told me I couldn’t change my mind

don’t take his

probably really could kill me. Well, he could

fight. But there’s every chance with the power of three Alphas at his beck and

line has been drawn in

off limits for good, and that’s

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

on my face, even though inside I’m

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

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

amount of time she’s been gone to improve her mood so drastically?

clench at the way the light immediately dims in her eyes,

afraid of me, and I didn’t

I demand, the accusatory words slipping out before I

may have appointed you as my minder, but I don’t have to tell you everything I do.”

insolent words only inflame my already hot temper.

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