Why did they our about that? Why? Rudolph growled so loud inside me the sound nearly tore out of my throat. “There has to be an explaination” I muttered, but it was too late. The air thickened. My vision went red around the edges. Because the worst part wasn’t the past, it was now. One of the elite warriors , tall, smug, scarred, and already on my dead list. He tilted his head toward Rebecca and said, “Maybe I should ask her out now. I mean, no mark yet, right?” That was it. I didn’t even feel the shift happen. The sound ripped out of me before I could stop it. A growl, deep, violent, raw. The kind that made half the pack turn and my mate freeze. “Mine.” It came out of me like a snarl, more wolf than man. Not planned. Not controlled. Just pure instinct. Rudolph pushed harde

