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.

me that wants to claim Emily as my mate- mostly my wolf–feels a twinge of jealousy at

reality–I will have to get used to.

as my mate.

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

I’m going to handle

be around to see

just the vague notion of it is enough

Now, I’m fuming.

from our frank talk to realize Emily

but his narrow–eyed look had spoken volumes.

needed to find her

told me I couldn’t change my mind about rejecting Emily as my male–not that

his words

probably really could kill me. Well, he

power of three Alphas at his beck and call, he’d quickly be able to put me down in

the line has been drawn in the sand.

limits for good, and that’s the way it

direction she’ll need

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

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

I’ve seen her looking this at ease and carefree since I met

short amount of time she’s been gone to improve

sees me and my insides clench at the way the light immediately dims in her eyes, being replaced by

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

have you been doing out here?” I demand, the accusatory words slipping out before I

appointed you as my

words only inflame my already hot

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