She started squirming at the thought and was rewarded with the sound of Chase's chuckle reverberating through his chest. "Do you have to fight me literally every step of the way, little one?"
She hadn't been trying to fight him before, but now she was. How dare he call her that? "I'm not little, you oaf! And I have to help Vera, so put me down! I'll limp if I have to."
He shook his head in amusement. "No. Besides, we're almost there. And you can't do much of anything on that leg."
"But Vera-!"
"Vera is fine," he interrupted, assuming she was talking about the little blonde girl she was with. "She's with her new mate and he isn't going to hurt her. He's going to take good care of her and breed her, as he's meant to do."
Alana wanted to counter him and argue just for the hell of it, but
