Adrein.
A hot, suffocating spike of anger shot through my chest as Noah roared at us, his hand wrapped possessively around Maria's cold fingers.
My own Alpha aura flared in response, snapping the frayed thread of my bond so hard I nearly gasped.
Who the hell did he think he was?
He had spent the last two hours choking on his own blood on the floorboards, completely useless, and now he was suddenly standing over her, acting like he was her sole protector?
Like he was the only one who cared whether she lived or died?
I took a sharp step forward, my knuckles turning white as I clenched my fists at my sides, ready to tear into him right then and there.
Damien's heavy arm instantly shot out, slamming into my chest and blocking my path.
"Adrein, don't," Damien muttered under his breath, his voice low and razor-sharp as he kept his eyes locked on Noah. "Not now… look around us."
