"Stop moving!" I growled, striding purposefully towards the nurse's office. She felt so light in my arms, like a feather, but the sight of her wound felt like a physical tear in my own chest. While the nurse cleaned and bandaged her foot, I stood guard outside the door, pacing like a caged, anxious animal.
Once she was patched up and I'd gotten her excused, I marched straight back to the volleyball courts. Samantha was pretending nothing happened, casually bumping a ball.
I walked right up to her, my voice low, laced with an Alpha's undeniable authority. "Samantha Greene. Listen carefully." Everyone nearby fell silent. "If you lay a single finger on Leah again, I swear on my family and my future, I will make sure you can't show your face in this school, in this entire town. Do you unders
