“Enough.” He said.
That word was not for me. It was for the pack. It rolled out across the clearing and hit like a command. Wolves who had been leaning in shifted back and the tension pulled tighter instead of snapping. Ezra’s gaze stayed on mine.
“This ends now.” He said, quieter again. “You don’t fight him today.”
“No.” I said.
The word came out flat and immediate and most importantly, final.
Something changed in his expression then. Not anger and not even frustration but something colder than that. Something that looked like a line being drawn.
“If you step into that ring unprepared.” He said and his voice dropped low enough that only I could hear it. “I will stop it.”
That should have stopped me but it didn’t.
“Try.” I said.
For a second neither of us moved. But then he turned
