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.

mate- mostly my wolf–feels a twinge of jealousy at the stray thought she might have met up with someone else.

reality–I will have

as my

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

no idea how I’m going

I won’t be around

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

even said anything, but his narrow–eyed look

find her

told me I couldn’t change my mind about

his words lightly.

kill me. Well,

the power of three Alphas at his beck and call, he’d quickly be able to put me down in a way no one else had managed

has been

and that’s the way it

move away from watching her and figure out which direction she’ll

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

Emily comes strolling along like she doesn’t

I don’t think I’ve seen her looking

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

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

possible she is actually afraid of

doing out here?” I demand, the accusatory

have appointed you as my

only inflame my already hot

out and run away again, yes, you do have to tell me