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.

mate- mostly my wolf–feels a twinge of jealousy

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

rejected Emily as

decide to bestow

no idea how I’m

be around to see

just the vague notion of it is

Now, I’m fuming.

not helped by the fact that Aaron and I emerged from

but his

find her right

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

his

me. Well,

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

been drawn

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

she’ll need to go

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

Emily comes strolling along like she doesn’t have a care in

as I realize I don’t think I’ve seen her looking this at ease and carefree since I met

time she’s been gone to improve her mood

way the light immediately dims in her eyes,

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

out here?” I demand, the accusatory words slipping out before I

her arms defiantly. “Aaron may have appointed you as my minder, but I don’t have to tell you

words only inflame my already hot temper.