ra

by a smug smile. His shoulders loosened, and his old arrogance return

irl? Even Alpha Travis agrees. Kneel now,

, trying to decipher the cold amuse

s Butler, and then another. Each footfall on the cobblest

dow engulfing him. The sheer force of

id, his tone almost gentle, though every word carried the unyielding

er's face. "Y-your person? S

inished th

t to follow. He clamped his hand around Butler

rned a mottled shade of purple as he clawed at the iron

shock and horror. Attacking the Alpha Ki

xpected him to protect me with words, with hi

myself. She is the one I have my eye on

strangled, gurgling sou

prince's ear. "I'll give you one chance. You are goi

rapidly giving way to naked terror. No one in the street moved to intervene. From the silence around us, it was clea

d to the ground in a heap, gasping

the toe of his expe

nd, infused with a power that transcended Pack boundaries.

Butler Gregory, son of the Alpha King, trembled, and then slowl

seemed to

ars, now brought low at my feet. The feeling wasn't

ne commanded, h

me and fury. "I... am... sorry," he forced out, e

s and frantic shouting broke the spell.

s family crest skidded to a

rassing the family. I wasn't afraid of him, but I was injured, outnumbered, and in no condition to reveal how different his daughter had become. Being dis

the odds, searching for an

, my body going limp. I collapsed backward, a perfect i

lding me against his hard chest. My head rested on his shoulder, and even through my feigned un