Thor

elt Faye stir in my lap, and I carefully lifted her, placing her

er. My eyes were as cold as a winter night. "My food is for my f

, Omega!" he snarled, taking a threatening step forward. "Without me, you and your pups wo

cutting through his bluster. "I remember you taking the pack rations meant fo

undeniable. Jax was struck dumb, hi

mixture of shock and dawning understanding. They had believed his lies. They thought h

's shock. He lunged, his

thorny, black vine materialized in my grasp.

and back, but the tip of the vine caught him across the back of

, his eyes fixed on the vine

I let my gaze sweep across the room, from the cowering Jax t

aw. "From this day forward, there are new rules in this house. Rule one: N

d unforgiving. "You are an outsid

was too much for him. His bravado crumbled completely. He muttered a stream

e in my hand dissolved int

ked from the empty doorway to me, and for the fi

y found her voice, though it was rough and strained. "Wa

s no need for embellishme

it with her usual stoicism. She stood for a long, si

"Tomorrow," she said, not looking at me. "M

. But I understood. It wasn't an order. It wa

eaching out to tug on my tunic. He looke

" he