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“Alpha Killian,” he said, putting his hands up to placate the anger rolling off of my mate. “It’s not what it looks like.”

“Oh, really?” Killian replied, striding toward my father menacingly. “Because from what I can see—and what I overheard before I opened the door—you’re threatening my mate inside our home.”

He reached the spot where my father stood, grabbed him by the shirt, lifted him in the air, and pressed him up against the wall. My father’s feet dangled a foot off the floor, kicking as he struggled to free himself.

At the sight of my father being restrained, my mother leapt into action. “Put him down!” she screeched.

Killian tossed him onto the couch, where he landed with a crash in the exact spot my mother had just been standing. He tumbled onto the floor with a loud smack. My mother grabbed his arm to help him up, but he shook her off.

“You are no longer welcome in my home, or in this town,” Killian declared. “If you don’t leave immediately, I promise you’ll regret it. If you ever return here again or contact Leah in any manner, I will kill you.”

“You have no idea what kind of trouble you just landed yourself in,” my father declared.

Killian laughed maniacally at his feeble threat, stalking towards them with a look of unbridled fury on his face.

“I’ve killed men much stronger than you,” he said. “Don’t test me.”

“We’re going straight to Alpha Lex about this,” my mother declared. “Your behavior today has been despicable! This is not the life we were promised for our daughter. We will be nullifying your marriage and bringing her home. Tonight.”

“Leah is mine,” Killian growled. “She isn’t going anywhere.”

I saw the hairs begin to rise on his arm. He was moments away from shifting, and once he did, I knew it would be the end of my parents. As much as I detested their treatment of me, I couldn’t allow their lives to be lost. Not by Killian’s hands. Once he came to his senses, he would never forgive himself.

“Killian,” I said calmly, approaching him as I would a wounded animal.

His head whipped toward me as I reached him. I placed my hand gently on his bicep and looked into his eyes.

“I’m not going to leave you,” I vowed. “Just let them go.”

He breathed deeply as he regained control, nodding to let me know that he would obey my wishes.

With the bloodbath avoided, I grasped my mate’s hand and turned to stare at my parents. “If you have any sense of self-preservation, I recommend you do what he said. Leave, now.”

With furtive looks over their shoulders, they backed out the door. I heard their car doors slam and the tires screech as they sped back to Sparkle Hollow.

Chapter 17 - Killian

Fighting against Rocky’s determination to rip the throats out of Leah’s parents was one of the hardest things I had ever done. If it hadn’t been for Leah’s soothing presence and assurance that she wasn’t going to leave when her parents demanded it, I was positive that tonight would have ended with their deaths.

It still could,my wolf growled.They aren’t too far away. I could catch them.

No, Rocky,I commanded.They’re Leah’s parents, and she asked us to let them go.

I sensed him huff, but he accepted my order.

I walked to the front door and shut it calmly, hoping that the bad vibes that had come with the Smiths had left when they did.

“Leah, are you alright?” I asked.

“I will be,” she responded. “Are you?”

I shook my head. Adrenaline was still coursing through my veins, and I felt like I might pass out from the effort of controlling my baser instincts.

“I’m going to message the other alphas,” Leah said.

She grabbed my phone and sent a quick text to Jasper and Nile while I paced the living room. I wasn’t sure what she typed, but whatever it was had the desired effect. Within minutes, they both arrived.

“Tell us what happened,” Nile said calmly, entering the house without knocking.

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