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.

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

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

as

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

have no idea how I’m going to handle

around to see it.

is enough to set

Now, I’m fuming.

that Aaron and I emerged from our frank

anything, but his

needed to find

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

take his words

kill me. Well, he could try.

Alphas at his beck and call, he’d quickly be able to put me down in a way no one else

been drawn in the sand.

for good, and that’s the way it should be.

her and figure out which direction she’ll need

lean against a tree with a bored expression on my face, even

she doesn’t have

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

time she’s been gone to improve her

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

she is actually afraid of me,

demand, the accusatory words slipping out before I

as my minder, but I don’t have to tell you everything I do.”

only inflame my already hot

do have to