Salome’s POV
"Alpha Jeremiah, you really are something else," Clementine said, flashing him a bright, appreciative grin. "Every woman out there is looking for a partner with half your heart."
Jeremiah didn't return the smile. He barely even looked at her. "Do not waste your breath. Women do not interest me in the slightest."
He shifted his gaze from Clementine and fixed it on Barnabas. The tension between the two men was thick enough to choke on. Barnabas’s jaw was tight, his lips pulled back just enough to reveal the sharp glint of his fangs. He looked like a predator ready to lung, his eyes locked onto Jeremiah as if he were waiting for a single reason to snap.
Clementine noticed it too. She stepped forward and pressed her palm against Barnabas’s forearm, trying to ground him. "Barna
