It was a mistake I couldn’t afford to make a second time, even if I felt helpless again.
There was nothing worse in the world for an alpha than being helpless. We were made to protect, to fix, to guard. Not… to sit around and watch those we protected risk themselves. And for what? A match that would result in three miserable wolves?
“I don’t know, Kane. I’ve been racking my brain the whole time you tried to dislocate my shoulders through those boards.”
I snorted and cast a rueful look at him. He was rubbing his shoulder, but he was a shifter. He’d be fine in an hour. Besides, Reed might have been the sophisticated one, but I knew he hid a massive beast beneath those polished suits.
“We could make Jasline disappear. If she doesn’t show for the challenge, it’s considered an immediate for
