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

however, that is a thought–a reality–I will have to get

as my mate.

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

have no idea how I’m going

I won’t be around to see it.

the vague notion of it is enough to

Now, I’m fuming.

from our frank talk to realize Emily

hadn’t even said anything, but his narrow–eyed look had

needed to find

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

take his words lightly.

kill me. Well, he could

fight. But there’s every chance 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

the line has been drawn

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

direction she’ll need to go in order to get

tree with a bored expression on my face, even though inside I’m an inferno of conflicted tensions.

she doesn’t have a care in the

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

could have happened in the short amount of time she’s been gone to improve her mood so drastically?

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

possible she is actually afraid of me,

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

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

insolent words only inflame my already

you do have to tell me