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.

wolf–feels a twinge of jealousy at the

reality–I

Emily as my mate.

find another mate, should the Moon Goddess decide to bestow her a second mate, or anyone else she

how I’m

I won’t be around

notion of it is enough to set my blood boiling.

Now, I’m fuming.

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

anything, but his narrow–eyed look had spoken volumes.

needed to find her

mind about rejecting Emily as my male–not that I ever would–and if I did so,

his words

me. Well,

with 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 in several centuries.

line has been drawn in the sand.

off limits for good, and

from watching her and figure out which direction she’ll

a bored expression on my face,

strolling along like she doesn’t have a

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

amount of time she’s

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

is actually afraid of me, and

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

have appointed you as my minder, but I don’t

words only inflame my already

to tell me what you’ve been