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“What’s going on?” the stranger asks, his tone wary.

“That’s none of your goddamn business,” I growl at him.

“It’s my business if she says it is,” he argues, looking back at her. “Is this guy bothering you? I can call the cops, or …”

“I am a cop,” I snap at him.

“It’s fine,” Beth tells him, her voice strained. “I just need to … get away from here.”

She looks at me, as tears start to spill down her cheeks.

The ferocious stare she gives me shows how much anger she’s still holding onto.

“Don’t even think about following me. I’m not kidding around.”

She turns and walks away, in the direction of the city’s centre.

The guy with the shitty haircut doesn’t seem sure about what to do.

“She was talking to both of us, asshole,” I snap.

He looks back at me. “I seriously doubt that.”

“Go near her again, and you’ll regret ever thinking about it.”

“Same back to you,” he spits out, sneering at me. “Creep.”

Oh, the Beta’s got balls, has he?

Well, we’ll see how easy they are to break.

I’m not much of a fighter, usually, but if there’s one thing that can convince me to throw a punch, it’s having my true mate threatened. Anger flips to rage in an instant under these circumstances, and the need to unleash spills over inside me.

My hands curl into fists. “Get back inside, or I’ll make you regret it.”

“Fuck you,” he curses, something feral flashing in his own eyes.

“She’s mine,” I growl at him.

“No,” he blurts. “She’s ours.”

Chapter Twenty-Six

Jack

It seems like the cute blonde from the store has a stalker. A really nasty, vicious stalker who needs to be cut down to size. I don’t give a fuck that he’s an Alpha. He’s clearly delusional, and that makes him dangerous. I won’t let him hurt her.

The feeling I’ve had since I saw her earlier today starts to make sense after I tell him Beth’s our mate, not his. It’s not normal to feel this protective of someone I’m not connected to in any kind of meaningful way. It’s happening because those words I blurted are the truth.

She’s meant to be with us.

Whoever the hell this guy is, he’s someone she needs to be protected from, and it’s up to me and my pack to do that.

“You don’t even know her,” he snaps at me. “She was backing away from you. She wasn’t interested. Take a fucking hint!”

I shake my head. “I don’t know you, but she’s ours, and I won’t let you hurt her.”

He takes a swing at me, and I’m too shocked to duck out of the way.

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