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f, leaving me stark naked, an outcome that I had not seen coming. I frantically snatched the bathrobe that was sitting at the edge

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nk a glass before I felt the dizzying effect of it and now here I was. Something was off.

s was just a dream and the pain I felt only went

on his stomach and buckled under the weight of unsaid words, laughing and r

asked, frightened and conf

doing before all of this; perhaps, in some way, I had left the bar and done something else that led me here but nothing came. My body

I yelled and tried to move away

ave been able to fight off these people by simply shifting but it seemed someone had deliberately given me some

y hadn't, I could just tell, but I wanted to be

laughter in his tone. They were teasing me, enjoyi

hurting me but aside from that, the look in his eyes wa

ld instantly tell that they weren't expecting any visitors, at least, not yet. Another knock, and the blond g

eat. Chase stood there, gripping the doorknob with one hand and the other hanging midair. I saw a swift chang

nough to command surrender. His eyes flashed red, and his growl filled the room with a

before. But maybe I'd never

e. Despite feeling the chill of his anger, I stood my

yelling, no change in tone, but I wasn't naive. W

let me explain mys

voice. "Because I fear you will hat

anger, he would break the wolves' necks. Not un

taint yourself like this,

y, eyes fixed on the wolves. "You didn't think you

us to accompany her, said she

I growled, sma

aked in a room with wolves and you think you stil

't... I

sloppy my words are, Chase would think it was true. That I had chosen to betray him. I tri

..." I

ands. I knew how this looked. I'd been caught doing something I shouldn't have but then again, I could swear I had no id

ate, his future Luna and here I was, in a room, half naked, with two strangers. I couldn't imagine how he felt. He raked his hands through his hair and ste

y. Swift and strong, he grabbed the wolf's neck, trapping him i

ed more, as if the wolves involved should have held higher ranks

ized he could easily snap the wolf's ne

your mate," the blond

ip away. Then, abruptly, Chase stopped. As the Alpha, he needed t

ur necks in two," Chase growled,

emed to be no other option. His back faced me as he breathed heavily, staring at the wall. S

ng the robe tightly around me. "

his broad shoulders. He shrugged my hands away and turned,

ven in his subdued tone, the command in his voice

s like," I protested, stunned b

Chase Knight, Alpha of the Valley Pack, reject