Rory's POV
The moment Alpha Dante carried me out into the open, the air changed to suffocation thick with snarls and the pounding of claws against the concrete floor as wolves in their half-shifted forms dragged their paws, circling us. Hundreds of eyes burned into me like embers. The air reeked of hunger that was darker and heavily primal.
My heart slammed painfully against my chest. God… oh God. My voice trembled in my heart. Tessa, please, please come quickly with my mother. Don’t delay. Don’t stop. Please save him before he gets torn apart because of me.
Dante’s arms tightened around me, protective and unrelenting. His scent wrapped around me, but even that couldn’t stop the terror coming its way through my chest.
Behind us, a thunderous roar broke out.
“We do not want to disres
