A scream builds in my chest, and he clamps his hand over my mouth.
“Find her!” Lord Sebastian snaps. “Find her now! She is my betrothed and I will not have her taken from me. If they touch her, if they defile her, she is of no value to me! Do you understand?”
I feel the slight growl building in the alpha’s chest.
For a moment, we are both breathing fast as Sebastian rants, just a few feet away, about the importance of my purity. Slowly, the alpha drops his hand from my mouth. It’s as if he’s daring me to scream.
“I need her with her virtue intact. Do you understand?” says Sebastian. “Find her. Find her!”
“Yes, my lord.”
The voices fade away.
I breathe out slowly. For a moment, neither of us move.
The alpha drops his arm and I step away. His face is as dark as thunder as he stares d
