She stepped back from him, all the while going over the facts in her mind about prey not running from a predator. But from the look in his eyes, she totally understood why they forgot that rule and bolted for the hills. He took another step forward and she matched it by taking another back.
“Is he coming for you, Jewel?” he asked her again, slower this time as if she hadn’t understood him the first time. “He thinks to take you from me and you think to go.”
Jewel wanted to shrink back at the accusation in his voice, but he was right and had every right to throw it at her. She was hurting him. It was the last thing she wanted, and yet the only choice she could see that she had.
Dalton couldn’t hold back his beast any longer. Now that he understood why his mate was so upset, he lost contro
