If you want to see a real monster, try taking a female away from an Alpha Prime.
The air inside the master bedroom went completely dead cold. James did not flinch, but the muscles along his back tightened until they looked like carved granite under his dark shirt.
"James, please," I whispered, my fingers digging into his broad shoulders as absolute terror seized my throat. "They have a warrant. If they breach the gates..."
"They will die at the gates," James interrupted, his voice dropping into a register so low and terrifying it vibrated right through my bones.
He turned toward the heavy oak doors, keeping one hand firmly anchored on my hip, pulling me along with him as if he expected someone to snatch me from the room the second he let go.
"Marcus!" James roared, his voice echoing o
