Julian’s POV

    Chase’s confidence sent my annoyance spiking through every part of me. “You don’t know her at all, if you feel she is the type that could be so easily imed.”

    Amber was her own person, with her own hopes and dreams. She was not someone to be manipted with sweet words and fancy dinners. I was worried about Chase’s charms, but I had to believe Amber was smart enough to see through them.

    Yet… the more I thought of it, the more I considered those women from my pack who had their guards all the way up and still eventually dropped them for Chase.

    Chase smirked then, as if he could see my uncertainty even though I had been careful to keep it concealed behind an expressionless mask. He was arrogant, foolish young man antagonizing an Alpha like this… I hated that it was effecting me. Even that smirk of his had me on edge of a rage, my wolf pacing restlessly inside of me, itching for a fight.

    “Oh, I’ll im her all right,” Chase said. “Over and over and over again. And she’ll love every minute of it. She’ll want me so much, she’ll beg me for more and more.” Heughed. “They always do.”

    He was purposefully needling me. He had to be. I didn’t want it to work, but the growl at the back of my throat grew louder, more dangerous. It was a warning more than anything, telling Chase to back all the way off before I let my wolf out to handle him.

    My own im over Amber was burning inside of me. She was my wife. My mate. Who was he to try to

    take her from me?

    I tried to push back that voice, tried to remain calm. I was an Alpha King, not some brute who dered ownership of people. Amber would be with me because she wanted to be and for no other reason.

    She would never pick Chase, especially if she heard him talking like this.

    “Have you bedded her in a while, Alpha? I bet she’s aching for a good dick. I might not be Alpha, but rest assured, I have the goods she needs and the skills to give her pleasure she’s never had before. How quickly do you think I could have her screaming my name? I’m going to make her forget all about you.”

    My hands curled into fists. “You will stay away from her,” my voice was part wolf nowb, /brough and grumbling.

    Chase barreled ever forward, indifferent or ignorant to the danger of taunting an Alpha wolf in this state.

    “She’s got such a tight little body. It’s a shame she hides it under that doctor’s coat. I can’t wait to grab that ass, and suck marks all over those perfect breasts,” Chase said, grinning wider. There was a spark in his eyes, mischievous. He was baiting me, but for what purpose?

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    I had trouble seeing clearly through the rage. With my thoughts filled with images of what he was describing, I felt sick to my stomach. My skin itched, as if begging me to shift and deal with this threat to

    my mate, my family.

    “Oh, I’ll give her a good time for a while. I’ll make it so she’s so dependent on my dick and me that she can’t imagine life without it,” Chase said. “And then you know what I’ll do?”

    My growl grew louder.

    “I’ll leave her. She’ll be broken without me, won’t she? But that’s what I do. I’m not a man to tie myself down. I’ll love her and leave her brokenhearted. Even her little brat won’t know what to do.”

    That’s it.

    I saw red. One moment, I was barely holding myself back, standing next to my rental car, and in the next instant, I was towering over Chase. He was on the ground, holding both hands to one eye.

    I hadn’t even thought through the punch. I just acted. My knuckles stung from the force of it, but the ache was healing quickly.

    Inside, my wolf was pleased. We’d defended what was ours. We’d returned this lesser wolf to his ce.