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.

my wolf–feels a twinge of jealousy at the stray thought she might have met

reality–I

rejected Emily as my

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

I’m going

be around to see it.

notion of it is enough

Now, I’m fuming.

fact that Aaron and I emerged from our frank talk to

his narrow–eyed look

needed to find her right away.

I couldn’t change my mind about rejecting Emily as my male–not

take his words

probably really could kill me.

But there’s every chance with the power of three Alphas at his beck and call, he’d quickly be able to put me

line has been drawn in

limits for good, and that’s the

she’ll need to go

against a tree with a bored expression on my face, even though inside I’m an

strolling along like she doesn’t have a care in the world.

seen her looking this at ease and carefree since I met

the short amount of time

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

possible she is actually afraid of me, and I didn’t even

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

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

insolent words only inflame my