Lochlan throws a haymaker. Killian snaps a kick, slamming his bare foot into Lochlan’s other knee. It crunches. Lochlan topples to his side, and this time, he stays down, teeth grit, neck bared.“Get up,” Killian snarls.Lochlan bares his neck further.“Get up!” It’s a command. Lochlan has no choice.He slowly rolls to the knee that isn’t bent at an unnatural angle, his neck still exposed, face blanched and sweat dripping onto his white shirt. Unlike Killian, there’s no blood splatter on his chest. It’s his jeans that are soaked red.Lochlan stands there, broken but unrepentant, waiting. Cheryl, his aunt and the alpha female, sidles up behind Killian. She reaches out to touch his arm. He snarls over his shoulder, the message so powerful and clear that even I trip back a step.“We do not harm females,” Killian says, voice meant to carry through the lodge.“Yes, Alpha,” Lochlan mutters resentfully.“Or the young.”“Yes, Alpha.”“Or the defective.”I can hear the pack’s heads turning to
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