‘Ask,’ he snarled inside my skull while keeping Graham pinned beneath his jaws. ‘I hold him like this.’
Relief almost hit me hard enough my knees weakened.
Fair enough buddy.
I turned immediately toward Graham—
—but a scream ripped through the clearing.
“STOP!”
Every head snapped sideways instantly.
A woman came sprinting across the mud toward us, dark hair soaked from rain, face wrecked with terror while two warriors tried and failed to stop her.
“No no no PLEASE!”
Omega.
The woman collapsed hard into the mud beside Graham, sobbing hysterically while grabbing at Elias’ fur with shaking hands.
“You have the wrong man!” she cried brokenly. “Please don’t kill him!”
Everything inside me froze.
“What?” I barked automatically.
Her terrified eyes snapped toward me instantly.
“This
