Feeling his aura, I react out of anger, my hand whipping out before I even register what it is I am doing. My hand connects with his cheek, the burn spreading quickly across my palm and burning up my arm as his head whips to the side. For a moment, I just stare in horror at him, his jaw clenches, his aura intensifies furiously, and he almost drops me to my knees when he explodes in rage.
A choked gasp tears from my throat as I crumple, my body hitting the floor hard. It isn’t a choice; it is an instinctual collapse, my Omega nature screaming at me to make myself small, to submit to calm the enraged Alpha. The air thickens, pressing down, making it impossible to draw a full breath. Black spots dance in my vision.
He is on me in a flash, hauling me up by the front of my shirt with one hand
