He grunted, staggered.
I took his legs out from under him without mercy.
He hit the ground hard enough to rattle the dirt, the sound solid and final, like punctuation.
For the first time since this started, he looked up at me instead of down.
And I saw it.
Not anger.
Not control.
Fear. And f**k, did it felt good.
Human form or not, he was still Alpha-strong. Still faster than any man should be. He rolled, came up on one knee, blood already running from the corner of his mouth.
The warriors shifted. Some leaned forward. Some tensed.
None intervened, out of shock probably.
Jasper wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and laughed.
“If I'd known you could be such a brat I would have f****d you harder” he snarled. “f****d that attitude out of you.”
I didn’t answer.
I kicked hi
