ra's

from his chest. It was the sound of an Alpha

ask a sing

shoving one of my bodyguar

a shrieked, run

of me, his eyes blazing with a murderous light

a word, Delma laun

dy into my legs with all her might. "You'

guard. I stumbled backward, my lower back crashing har

h me. A choked gasp escaped my lips,

self free and threw herself into Conrad

g her face in his chest. "She broke in... she

t against him. "Shh, it's okay," he murmured, his voice th

acket and draped it over her exposed

er once lo

g her back in agony, who had just

my side. "Ma'a

rn. My focus was on the tableau before me: Conrad, Jasmine, and De

attention to me. His eyes were not fille

ze," he

incredulous. "W

or your insane, barbaric behavior. Look at what you've done to her-she's s

ine!" Delma echoed, peeking

ng victim in their arms, and a laugh escaped me. It was a cold, quie

. "Should I apologize for finding my husband's secret love nes

You want me to a

y," she whispered meekly. "Don't be angry with

was the final straw. It solidifi

he said, his voice fl

sweeping Jasmine up into his arms as if she weighed nothin

d right

another jolt of pain through my injured b

woman in his arms, his fa

my existence, was not a blow. It was a liberation. It severed t