He couldn’t save her.
Not without hurting her himself.
He had to rely on Lionel to do what he could not.
It sickened him that Orin had just hurt her. Close enough he could’ve ripped the man apart. Literally torn his shoulders from his spine. But he could do nothing without unleashing either part of him that would hurt her.
Eternus or wolf.
“Dammit. Dammit!” He swore. Shaking his head at himself. His entire body quaking with the urge to change.
“It’s a dangerous thing, isn’t it boy?” The Gallion Alpha drawled. “To be a wolf so close to your mate?”
Gray blew a long breath and twisted his head from between his outstretched arms to peer at the man below one elbow.
Still unable to move without risking changing.
“You wanted to kill that mage.”
“I wanted to rip out his spine.” G
