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The look on Amber’s face told her she had taken her by surprise as she stumbled backwards. But she was aware that the other woman was a wolf; she couldn’t give her an advantage at all. She punched her the way she had been taught in one of her classes and was surprised at how easily Amber went down.

Maybe Amber wasn’t a wolf like the other girls. She hadn’t been able to fight Monica and her friends back, no matter what she had tried, but Amber fell like a sack of potatoes.

“He is mine,” she hissed.

And her mind stopped working. Those were not her words. They were not.

What the hell was happening?

Chapter 78

Jax strolled out of the packhouse with his hands in his pocket. He had to find the red wolf. It was the only way he would get answers.

While Layla’s fight with her dual nature was expected, it didn’t usually happen until the half-breeds were older. And he hadn’t actually found any cases where the wolf side got so strong so quickly. It was the wolf he had seen in her eyes the whole time he had eased her through her heat. It was the wolf that had endured every impossible position, every frenzied thrust.

It was the wolf that had kept pulling his head down to her neck so he could mark her.

Things were not adding up. Layla had masked her scent from everyone but him. Since red wolves were so rare, not much was known about them, but he wondered what was really happening to his mate. Was she a half-blood? Or was she just unshifted? Maybe red wolf physiology was different, and they shifted when they were older.

His heart started to pound as he stood on the top step outside the packhouse. If Layla was going to shift, then it meant she could stay with him.

Just as quickly as that excitement started, it fizzled out.

What she was didn’t change the outcome of the situation. He would still have to say goodbye so his mate wouldn’t watch him die.

He sighed as he looked around the packhouse. The Omegas had already returned and were running around the house, but no one else had yet to step inside. There was an air of disappointment around and a lot of anger. He knew how things looked. He’d kicked them all out and disrupted everyone’s lives so he could fuck his human. Or his rogue, whichever they believed.

He was doing a shitty job keeping on their good side for the sake of his unborn child.

The child he had finally made while his mate was in heat.

A child.

Fuck. What the hell had he done? How could he drop a child in the middle of this mess? What had he been thinking?

“Alpha?”

He focused on Micah, who had approached without him noticing.

“There’s an army in the woods demanding to see you. They’re still refusing to see Beta Dylan, and that’s made him a little...”

Micah didn’t have to complete the sentence. He could feel Dylan’s depression without even looking at him.

Something filtered through his heart at the thought of his friend going through this alone. Layla was right; Dylan was the only one he could talk to.

But, without the whole story, Dylan wouldn’t understand why he had done such a complete u-turn on his emotions and character.

“I’ll go out later,” he answered.

“Alpha Chase is getting worried by the number of wolves in our backyard. He thinks there are more wolves than usual as if Kendrick’s pack has grown.”

He cocked his head as he thought of that. Could that be the witch’s doing? Did she still have a hold on that pack? Maybe she had increased their numbers with more of her rogues. It had been a while since he had ripped the last ones apart, so perhaps this was the witch’s next move.

“Tell him not to get involved. I’ll make sure there’s no magic involved first.”

“Yes, Alpha.”

Dylan came around the side of the house and then stopped when he saw him. His anger increased, as well as his feelings of inadequacy. His old friend then turned and walked back the way he had come.

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