d chair inside t

wn, couldn't stop smirking as he

ook like you're about to cry for

ess, blood and bruise

s. A rookie like him trying t

d, he was bare

g my full force-just knoc

er the moment John poked at him a

smacked his baton hard on the table-THUD-and Th

ngle him on the spot, knuckles white fro

d back in his chair right next to

fed, shaking his head like it was some kind of joke. "Bet Ella'

nerve. Thom

aw. "I may not be an Alpha yet, but at leas

se burning ey

for a jackass like you. What the

were so

aze drift to a boring spot in

la, John barely flinched. He c

care if Alpha Jackson got hurt. You? Go

I thought he might crack them, the

n had it coming! I wouldn't have touched hi

pulled my

ties between him and Ella, but

eroing in on prey. His face was all twisted

good Ella might feel, this guy ha

't care what this wa

to judge me for wanti

e vanished

?" he snapped, his voi

this. If you hadn't come at us first, w

ords were

I wouldn't be here either!"John clenched his fists and shot up from his chair, eyes blazing.

ing Ella into this

re turning away in disgust, then turne

amn minute withou

ho can't shut up about a girl. Pathetic.

son o

d higher, ready to

p, cutting him off co

coat, I mutt

John started, s

ist to show him my watch, my voic

uieted instantly under my

d the pack meeting

et, I turned and walked

e station since last night

en't on good terms-no way

even told her that

White Moon. If her usual routine h

, watching me han

d suddenly felt eyes

-and yep

light brown eyes-too much l

? It unse

t moment, I sa

spooked by a wolf no

wed me out. He tracked my

ft. That little bastard. Served

he bruises you took, she

glee. "Hell, she might even throw h

"No, Ella doesn't yell. She'll just tell Thomas to stop pick

part about Ella wa

of it-right before his Ell

use. Just w

climbed in.Just as we were about to leave, a bl

puzzled-it parked ne

ith a raised eyebrow, "No way, that's the car

of Claw Pack. What's he d

kind! Always showing off, but he'

head, trying to get an

lice station outta nowhere? If we didn't have that pack meeting la

reet go by with my eyes half closed, John's cha

ith zero rest had drained me comple

on of Oliver, something ju

, frowning, "Oliver Davis?

mistake it," John said as he settled back into hi

ver loan his car out. If he's here, something big mus

ious. "Is everything okay with you today? You

ded quickly, "kid just had to st

like a total mess. "Relax, John. I

hakes you that easy," John

silent, and honestly, I w

ing straight felt like a chore, but

en at the din

s were on him-

ch. Ella wasn't supposed to be

sweetness in her scent, and she didn't

ready. lock her down, make sure