"By k********g me?" I didn't blink. Didn't show fear, even though my heart was hammering against my ribs.
"By removing a liability," Tom said simply.
I moved.
I didn't think about it—I just acted. Not only that, but I reached deep into my Luna bonds and yanked. Hard.
A wave of primal wolf energy exploded outward from me, raw and unfocused and absolutely unstoppable. I wasn't projecting warmth anymore. This was fury. This was territorial aggression. This was a Luna claiming dominion over her pack.
Tom's security team froze. I felt their wolves respond instinctively, felt them struggle against the power radiating from me. Their human consciousness warred with the animal inside them, caught in that moment of supernatural paralysis.
I ran.
The elevator seemed a thousand
