Bad Love An Alpha’s Regret

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.

to claim Emily as my mate- mostly my wolf–feels a twinge of jealousy at the stray thought she might have met up with someone

a thought–a reality–I will have to get

rejected Emily as

Moon Goddess decide to bestow her a second mate, or

idea how I’m

I won’t be around

notion of it is

Now, I’m fuming.

from our frank talk to realize Emily had run off

his narrow–eyed look

needed to find

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

don’t take his

could kill me. Well,

up one 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 to put me down in

line has been drawn in the sand.

off limits for good, and that’s the

her and figure out which direction she’ll

tree with a bored expression on my

strolling along like she doesn’t

her looking this at ease

have happened in the short amount of time

sees me and my insides clench at the way the light immediately dims in her eyes, being

she is actually afraid of me, and

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

have appointed you as my

inflame