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.

mostly my wolf–feels a

reality–I will have to get used to.

as my mate.

find another mate, should the Moon Goddess decide to bestow her a second

idea how I’m

around to see it.

is enough to set my

Now, I’m fuming.

Aaron and I emerged from our frank talk to realize

his

to find her right

change my mind about rejecting Emily as my male–not that I ever would–and

don’t take his words

kill me. Well,

beck and call, he’d quickly be able to put

been

good, and that’s the way it should

direction she’ll need

bored expression on my face, even though

she doesn’t have a care in the world.

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

time she’s been gone to

clench at the way the light

of me, and I

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

as my minder, but I don’t have to

words only inflame my already hot

yes, you do have to tell me what you’ve been doing,” I tell her heatedly