"Good," nodded Julia as she and Scarlet rose to their feet. Their alpha, completely unaware of what was going on around her, was wedged between the two women, her head hanging down. "Where is her house?" she continued, turning to look at her older brother.
"It doesn't matter," replied Dominik as he, too, rose to his feet. He wanted to force the two women to give up his mate, but he didn't want to be responsible for hurting her further in the scuffle. "She can come back to the pack house. She is our mate. It is our responsibility to look after her."
"And what a great job you did, too," smirked another woman as she shifted into human form. Her face was covered with bruises, and the beta could see dried blood on her skin from wounds that healed not too long ago.
A small bird came to land on her shoulder, and Dominik could have sworn that it was glaring at him.
But that was impossible… right?