DERRICK POV
The lucky to be still alive professor stumbled across the room making a beeline for the exit.
But I had another thing to make clear.
"Leo, one more thing," I growled, voice low and sharp. "From now on, you’re going to pair Kai with me or Dalton. No one else is going to spar with her. I hope we’ll understand each other."
He barely nodded, eyes wide, breath shaky. Then he turned and rushed out, like the coward he really was under all that fake Alpha bravado.
The door hadn’t even closed before I felt the sting.
A smack landed hard against my pec. Small, fierce hand. I caught the wrist without thinking, and turned my gaze toward the only person on this planet who could lay a hand on me without losing it.
Kai.
My reason. My obsession. My f*****g oxygen.
"Are you serious?!"
