I did not realize I had moved if not for Jake’s attempt to restrain me. My beta was almost as strong as me. I felt his strength as he tried with all his might to make me sit back down. “Please, Nick. Sit down. Please!” he begged, forcing me back on the chair. ‘If you act out, it’ll get harder. Everything would get worse,' he mundlinked me. 'We’re not just werewolves but friends of the humans. We have a pact with their elite. They're important to our kind. Our ally packs would turn against us if you ruin that by hurting one of their own!’ My brain felt full as I tried to get it back online. I let my ass rest on the chair. “But that judge has to pay for what he just did!" I hissed. “Listen to me, Nick! You will not touch the man. He was doing his job.” "By tearing my family apart

