Celeste
His tone showed nothing, but I could feel the storm behind it.
Alec looked down at me in his arms and then up at Darien. His expression said Are you insane?
“I don’t think so.” Alec shook his head. I was barely clothed. Darien was on the edge of his control. Alec was not about to hand sweet innocence to the wolf pacing behind those green-gold eyes.
“I wasn’t asking.” Darien’s voice went cold.
“I don’t care if you were asking or not. She isn’t yours to be handed over.” Alec’s own Alpha rose to meet Darien’s. Two kings. Two wolves. The air between them compressed until my ears popped.
“To hell she isn’t.”
I felt terrible. I was pinning Alec against his best friend on my account.
“Can we not do this?” I said quietly. “At least until I can get my clothes from the other side?”
