Rowan's POV
I moved before I thought about it.
That was the honest truth. Dale was on Ash and something in me just reacted, reached out, and the next thing I knew he was on the ground several feet away. The entire combat hall had gone very quiet and everybody was looking at me.
I exhaled slowly.
Reached down and offered Dale my hand.
He looked at it for a second and then took it and I pulled him up and clapped him once on the shoulder and said,
"Alpha instincts. My apologies. I've been having a hard time since healing and everything just…" I shook my head with something that passed for a rueful smile, "kicks in before I can stop it."
There was a beat of silence.
Then someone laughed and the room breathed again and people turned back to their own sessions and the moment dissolved
