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.

of me that wants to claim Emily as my mate- mostly my wolf–feels a twinge of jealousy at the stray thought she might have

that is a thought–a reality–I

Emily 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 she finds attractive enough to

how I’m going to

be around

vague notion of it is

Now, I’m fuming.

that Aaron and I emerged from our frank talk to realize

even said anything, but his narrow–eyed look had

find her right

her, barely thinking about the fact that Aaron had told me I couldn’t change my mind about rejecting Emily

take his words lightly.

me. Well, he

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

been drawn

limits for good, and that’s the way

which direction she’ll need to go in order to get

on my face, even

doesn’t have a care

seen her looking

amount of time she’s been gone to improve

my insides clench at the way the light immediately

actually afraid of me, and I didn’t even

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

my minder,

insolent words only inflame my already hot

out and run away again, yes, you do have to tell me what you’ve been doing,” I tell her heatedly in return.