“No, you don’t. I don’t want this.”
“I don’t care.”
He took another step toward me before the door flew open and slammed against the opposite wall. Canon stepped in, a look of pure fury on his face. The man looked over his shoulder and then froze. “I...”
“Save it,” Canon snarled, grabbing the beta by the throat. As he squeezed, Canon’s eyes turned pure gold, and tears ran down the beta’s face. Helpless, I stood there and realized what was about to happen. Canon was about to kill this man right in front of me.
“What are you doing?” I whispered.
It took a moment before Canon looked at me. He didn’t loosen his grip. “I’m going to kill him.”
“Why?”
“Because he was going to touch you. You don’t belong to him.”
“I don’t belong to you, either. Remember?”
If anything, that made Canon only
