Page 84 of Beginning Fate

I roared, and fur broke out on my arms.

Someone screamed, and people started moving real fast, understanding that this was not a joke.

“If you don’t get out of my way, I’m going to attack you,” I warned the guys.

It wasn’t something that I wanted to do, but if I didn’t get Lauren in my arms soon, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to stop my wolf from taking control.

“Where is she?” I roared.

“Yup, he’s wolfing out,” Oscar said.

“There she is. Over there,” Josh yelled, pointing somewhere behind me.

I turned just in time to see Lauren’s arms fly through the air as she yelled at her sister, completely oblivious to my distress.

She looked pissed.

The path between us seemed to part like the Red Sea

I watched in fascination as I approached them.

“Where did you get that?” Lauren demanded.

“Look around. It’s a party. Relax.”

“Give me the drink.”

“No.”

“Give it to me, Kylie.”

“No.”

Every sentence seemed bigger and more exaggerated than the last.

The last sentence I could make out came from Kylie. “Stop ruining my life and go live your own. I can’t wait for you to go back to New York. I hate you!”

Suddenly some guy I didn’t know stepped between them and got up in my mate’s face. I could feel her anguish combined with a new jolt of fear.

A menacing growl sounded, and it took a second for me to realize it was coming from me. The whole room stilled, and the music paused.

“Get away from her,” I yelled.

The asshole didn’t even seem to hear me.

“Shit.”

“Someone get me some chips.”

“Dude, you have to calm down.”

I vaguely recognized various voices of my brothers, but when the guy reached out to put hands on Lauren, all I saw was red.

I shifted on the spot.

Screams filled the room as people ran back upstairs.

But I stalked towards the one that had the audacity to touch my girl.

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