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 at the stray thought she might have met up with

reality–I will have to

Emily as

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

how I’m going to handle that.

be around to see it.

just the vague notion of it is enough to set my

Now, I’m fuming.

helped by the fact that Aaron and I emerged from our frank talk to realize Emily had run off

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

needed to find her right away.

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

his

could kill me. Well, he could

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

has been

good, and that’s the

and figure out which direction she’ll need to go in order to get back

expression on my face, even though inside I’m an inferno

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

seen her looking this at ease

amount of time she’s been gone to improve her mood

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

is actually afraid of me, and I didn’t

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

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

only inflame my already hot