Rip growled his own anger at the wolves growling at him. She had to do something or this would devolve into another broken treaty. “That is my daughter you’re keeping away from me.” He roared in anger. “And she is my mate that we guard with our lives.” Lachlan countered with annoyance. “Lives? No wait, we’re not doing this!” His Nixie squeaked from where she wiggled off his back and nearly landed on her butt again, if he hadn’t anticipated it and caught her. “Look at that! He’s already got her clumsiness figured out!” Paw-Paw chuckled nervously, clearly sensing that this needed to be put to a stop, but unsure how to handle the whole situation. Her mom rushed forward, completely disregarding his wolves and pulled his Nixie into her arms. He’d already ordered his wolves to stand at the r

