The next morning, the incident was still on his mind. He left Jade sleeping and went to the main house to talk to his leader.
After kicking off his snow-covered boots, he padded into the kitchen on silent stocking feet and poured himself a cup of coffee before taking a seat at the table with his Khan. "I don"t know what"s going on with me." He didn’t look up from his cup.
"What do you mean?" The clan leader asked, a frown creasing his brow.
"Last night, I growled at you. I didn"t mean to, hell, you know as well as I do that I"d never attack you."
"I think you would." Nick"s voice was calm, as if they were discussing the weather, not beating the s**t out of each other. "If I was a threat to JV, I don"t think you"d hesitate to attack me." He paused a moment. "But, Steve?" He waited until
