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.

Emily as my mate- mostly my wolf–feels a twinge of jealousy at the stray thought she might

reality–I will have to

rejected Emily as my

should the Moon Goddess decide to bestow her a second mate, or anyone else she finds attractive enough to

idea how I’m going to handle

won’t be around

notion of it is enough to set my blood boiling.

Now, I’m fuming.

not helped by the fact that Aaron and I emerged from our frank talk to realize Emily had run off again.

hadn’t even said anything, but his

needed to find her right

couldn’t change my mind about rejecting Emily as my male–not that I ever would–and if I did so, he

his words

me. Well, he could

hell of a fight. But there’s every chance with the power of three Alphas at his beck and call, he’d quickly be able

been

off limits for good, and that’s

she’ll need to go in order to get back to

bored expression on my

doesn’t have a care in

as I realize I don’t think I’ve seen her looking this

in the short amount of time she’s been gone to improve her mood so

up short when she sees me and my insides clench at the way the light immediately dims

she is actually afraid of

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

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

inflame my already

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