9. Ajax

Nothing that Papa has ever taught me could have prepared me for the pain and worry I felt as I stood and watched as AJ and his father fought in the yard. I wanted nothing more than to go out there and stand between father and son just so I could prevent AJ from getting hurt even more than he had been.

I could feel every blow AJ received through the mate link and it hurt. I could only imagine just how painful they were on his end. I food feel the anger rolling off of him in waves and I felt my breath hitch when I watched him raise his hand ready to slam it into his father's chest only for Derek and Papa pulled him off of the older male—who ran off into the woods with his tail between his legs.

Now we were all seated in Beau's office as AJ gave everyone the run down of who his father was and what he was capable of.

"What you saw earlier was nothing," AJ said and we stared at him and his friends and they stood at his back like the true loyal pack they were. "My father is ruthless. Plain