Rowan
I went to scoop her up before I straightened. The crowd was still gathered, watching.
Heather stepped forward, desperate and pleading. "Rowan, I was only trying to protect what should be mine..."
I moved so fast she barely had time to gasp before my hand was wrapped around her throat.
The entire square froze.
I lifted her just enough to force her onto the tips of her toes. The pack remembered the immature teenager who left for the academy. They hadn't been introduced to the dangerous alpha that they turned me into.
Heather's hands clawed at my wrists. My wolf snarled beneath my skin.
"You will listen to me carefully," I said. My voice was low and lethal. "I am not your lover. I am not your future mate. I am not your boyfriend." Tears filled her eyes, and I squeezed her throat
