CHAPTER 16 Seeing Cadence kneeling at another alpha’s feet, even if it was my own doing, sent a surge of jealousy through me that made me want to rip the alpha’s throat out with my bare hands, cousin or not, and throw her over my shoulder like they had in the old days when omegas were little more than possessions. I couldn’t keep myself from lifting her to her feet and sending my cousin away as quickly as possible, leaning in to scent her and be sure no one else had touched what was mine. It had taken forever to get rid of the men who’d attended the auction. Some of them still lingered with my father, buttering him up, but I had made my excuses and left the first chance I could. I had people to clean up and make sure everything was left the way it was supposed to be once everyone was gon

