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.

of me that wants to claim Emily as my mate- mostly my wolf–feels a twinge of jealousy at the stray thought she might have met up with someone else.

thought–a reality–I

Emily as my

decide to bestow her a second mate, or

have no idea how I’m going to handle

I won’t be around to see it.

just the vague notion of it is

Now, I’m fuming.

not helped by the fact that Aaron and I emerged from our frank talk to realize Emily had run off

but his narrow–eyed look had spoken

to find her right

to track her, barely thinking about the 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, he

don’t take his

me.

Alphas at his beck and call, he’d

line has been drawn in

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

her and figure out which direction she’ll need to go in order to get back

on my face, even though inside I’m

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

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

short amount of time she’s been gone to improve her

way the light immediately dims in her eyes, being replaced by something too close to fear for my

is actually afraid of me, and I didn’t even realize?

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

you as my minder,

words only inflame

you do have to tell me