KARINA He reached out, his hand instinctively grasping for my bare forearm. Warrior instinct, honed by thousands of brutal hours on the training mats, bypassed my conscious thought. I effortlessly deflected his touch, grabbing his wrist with blinding speed. Twisting his arm sharply downward, I used his own forward momentum against him, brutally flipping the Alpha of Silverfang flat onto his back against the solid stone floor. The loud, sickening thud of his body hitting the ground silenced the shouting chamber instantly. I had just physically humiliated one of the most powerful Alphas on the continent in front of every major political faction. Scrambling back to his feet, furious embarrassment and desperate panic warred on Chase's face. Before he could launch another pathetic attemp

