Darius POV
“Touch her again… and I’ll consider it an act of war.” Silence didn’t follow. It collapsed.
Heavy, crushing and final.
Every eye in the room shifted, some to him, most to me.
Waiting, of course they were. Because this was my territory.
My council.
My pack.
And somehow.. none of it felt like mine at that moment.
I stepped forward.
Toward the space between them.
Between everything that was about to break.
“That won’t be necessary.”
My voice carried.
Not raised.
But sharp enough to cut through whatever was left of their panic.
The elder nearest to me turned quickly. “Alpha!”
“I said it won’t be necessary.”
That stopped him.
Barely.
But enough.
I haven't looked at the Lycan yet.
Didn’t acknowledge the threat hanging in the air like something waiting to detonate.
