30 Hailey “Ransom!” I struggled against my captor, someone with arms of steel, and felt my feet being lifted off of the floor. “Hailey!” He charged toward me with wild eyes. Before he could reach us, the two bodyguards were on him. They had him on the ground faster than I could blink. I looked over at Reece and Malone, expecting them to react, but they didn’t move a muscle. “Do something!” I cried. They looked past me and I turned to see more of Travis’s goons approaching. “I can’t leave her out of this, Ransom,” Travis spat. “She’s the center of all of it. Always has been. Hell, she’s the reason you killed Jordan.” He laughed harshly. “She’s the reason you’re next in line to be Alpha.” “Jordan is dead because he was a psychotic asshole. If I hadn’t killed him, someone else would h

