Devon’s POV
I hated this.
Goddess, I hated this.
My wolf paced inside me, teeth bared and claws unsheathed, restless in a way that made my chest ache and my breath burn. He wanted to tear something apart. No someone.
Nadia.
How dare she?
How dare she threaten Jimmie? How dare she endanger his family. How dare she walk the earth with that smug grin while she tried to rip apart everything I was building, everything I loved.
I yanked off my jacket in the back of the SUV as we sped down the Astrian highway. Asphalt blurred beneath us, city lights slipping away behind dark-tinted windows. I needed the cool air on my skin. My body burned. Anger and helplessness twisted through me like barbed wire.
We’d just dropped Jimmie off.
He’d insisted I didn’t have to. He tried to act like it was
