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.

claim Emily as my mate- mostly my wolf–feels a twinge of jealousy at

however, that is a thought–a reality–I will have to get used to.

as my

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

I’m going to handle that.

be around to see it.

the vague notion of it is enough to set

Now, I’m fuming.

fact that Aaron and I emerged from our frank talk to realize Emily

even said anything, but his narrow–eyed

find her right away.

told me I couldn’t change my mind about rejecting Emily as my

don’t take his words

kill me. Well,

his beck and call,

has been drawn in the

and that’s

out which direction she’ll need to go in order

against a tree with a bored expression on my face, even though inside

comes strolling along like she doesn’t have a care

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

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

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

she is actually afraid of

I demand, the accusatory words slipping out before I can control

arms defiantly. “Aaron may have appointed you as my

words only inflame my

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