“Jackass,” Ryker mutters, stepping over him like he’s nothing.
The room erupts in chaos. The coach shouts for everyone to leave the mats. Boys drag Mason off to the medic station in the front office.
I stumble backward, desperate to get away from all of them. “Autumn, wait,” Jaxon says. I don’t wait. Instead, I shake him off and shove toward the doors, blinking hard against the sting in my eyes. He catches up anyway, grabbing my arm carefully this time.
“I didn’t mean to—” he starts.
“You humiliated me,” I snap, voice breaking. “You f*****g hurt me.”
“I didn’t mean to,” he says again, softer. “I lost my temper. It’s my wolf, he—”
He drags a hand through his hair, frustration bleeding out of him.
“He didn’t like seeing you so easily overpowered,” Jaxon mutters. “As stupid as that sou
