"MATE!"
She snapped around, breath catching in her throat as her gaze collided with enraged forest-green eyes burning straight through her.
Sofía froze where she stood.
Alfonso rose beside her instantly, his body angling protectively as he stared at the man before them one who stood rigid, chest heaving, rage rolling off him in suffocating waves.
Inside Fernando's head, Hunter roared, demanding blood, demanding he rip his mate away from the human standing too close to her. It took every shred of control Fernando possessed to keep himself still.
He could not let anyone know what he truly was.
Not now.
Not ever.
One slip and word would spread. His carefully laid plans would collapse into ruin.
But she was his mate.
His.
That same timid girl who had always avoided him, who fled whenever he drew near.
His mate.
