Damon’s POV
I didn’t say another word after the warning I had just given Marius.
The air was thick with finality, I didn’t threaten him. I just wanted him to know that he had said enough.
But Marius didn’t leave, he didn’t shrink back. He just stood where he was, his spine straight in his stance like a man who had fought too many battles that cowering over this was never going to happen.
I acknowledged that he was still my Beta. Still the one I trusted the most and still the only one that was allowed to challenge me even though most times he overstepped with that privilege.
Possibly because of the age difference, he felt the need to take up a father figure as well.
His voice broke the silence gently. “Alpha Damon… I didn’t mean to strike a nerve.”
I looked at him from the corner of
