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.

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

however, that is a thought–a reality–I

as my

means she’s free to go find another mate, should the Moon Goddess decide to bestow her a second mate, or anyone else

idea how I’m going to handle that.

around

notion of it is enough to set my blood

Now, I’m fuming.

not helped by the fact that Aaron and I emerged from our frank talk to

said anything, but his narrow–eyed look had

find her right away.

me I couldn’t change my mind about rejecting Emily as my male–not that I ever would–and if

don’t take his words

me.

his beck and call, he’d quickly be able to put

line has been drawn in

good, and that’s

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

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

strolling along like she doesn’t

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

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

when she sees me and my insides clench at the way the light immediately dims in her

it possible she is actually afraid of me,

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

crosses her arms defiantly. “Aaron may have appointed you as my

words only inflame

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