“Creep?” Kade had never been this pissed, not even when he’d taken a silver blade to the ribs, accidentally, at the age of fifteen. Pain he could handle. Pain was simple. This? This was complicated. Fucking Sebastian Vale. The moment he stepped forward, all protective and brooding, Kade’s wolf had lost its damn mind. The air crackled, his vision staggered between human and wolf, and the need to tear the dude apart was almost unbearable. What the hell is this? He didn’t even know the guy that well, but seeing his hand so close to his mate made something primal and ugly surge up his throat. He wanted to rip that smug look off the man’s face, then drag her away and demand she explain what kind of spell she’d put him under. “Let her go,” Sebastian repeated in a low voice, full of author

