Chapter 181: Part 5

Dmitri paced his library with a third tumbler of whiskey in hand. The challenge was taking place at midnight. The entire fiasco was ludicrous. Once Nikka was his mate, there would be no reason for her to fight any female outside of war. Just the possibility of her fighting to the death was absurd, and this entire mess was fucking crazy. He would kill Talya himself if she harmed his mate.

The instability of Dmitri's world had his head pounding and red tentacles weaving behind his eyes. This wasn't a good situation and if there were any time he needed control, it would be at the challenge. He just didn't think it possible.

A loud pounding at his door pissed Dmitri off even more. Troy and a few other wolves stood outside. Dmitri flashed amber eyes at his visitors; he'd love nothing more than to tear out Troy's jugular. "Don't think you can come in, growl, and throw your weight around. In my current mood, I might kill one or all of you."