"HOW DARE YOU?"
The Alpha command in his voice sent every wolf in the room to their knees except the Alphas. The temperature dropped twenty degrees. The air itself felt dangerous, crackling with barely leashed violence.
Every Nightshade wolf present moved instinctively, surrounding their Alpha and his Luna, forming a protective wall ready to tear apart anyone who made another threatening move.
"Richard!" Luna rushed to her fallen mate, Maya, and Ethan was right behind her. Thomas and Alistair helped haul the Alpha to his feet, blood dripping from his mouth, his face twisted in pain and humiliated rage.
Dakota's cheeks were on fire, both from the slaps that had left vivid red handprints and from the crushing humiliation of being exposed. She could feel Kade's jacket around her, his body blocking her from view, but it didn't erase what had happened.
