Page 7 of Dane's War

“Because you met your mate,” he retorts, looking at the woman in my arms.

“Move the fuck out my way,” Bandit shouts, shoving through, voice vibrating as he continues to shout. “Raine.”The wolf looks into my arms and snarls. “Fuck. Raine.”

Bandit takes a step toward me, arms out. “Give me my fuckin’ sister. The hell did you do to her?”

I take a step back and snarl. “Get the fuck back.” There’s no way this was Bandit’s sister. My mate was human. The only scent on her right now is that of hers and those bastards who beat the hell out of her.

“Give me my sister, asshole.” Bandit snarls, looking ready to shift and fight me for her.

“Bandit,” I hear Cyrus call out. “Let’s calm down and find out what the hell happened here.”

“Fuck calm right now, Prez. No offense, but my sister is beaten, and I can smell the blood.” Bandit takes another step toward me. “What the fuck did you do to Raine?”

“Bandit,” Corbin calls, snarling and moving in close to me. “Cyrus told you to calm the hell down. If you’d think for a God damned minute, you’d see that he didn’t do a damn thing to her. You’d also smell what the rest of us can. The scent of humans.”

“Heard her screams while running. Came up onthe road to see about five men surrounding her. Beating her. Some were kicking at her, others holding her down,” I tell them, holding my mate close. My gaze locks on Bandit. “She’s human. Not shifter. She’s not your sister.”

“She’s fuckin’ adopted, asshat. Raine’s my little sister. Now, give her to me.” Bandit sneers.

Raine. Her name is Raine.

Beautiful. Just as she is.

I shake my head and look down at her beautiful face once again as I murmur the next six words with enough force that I don’t have to see them step back to know all of them do, including Bandit. “I will not. She’s my mate.”

Mine.

I won’t allow anyone to take her from me. I’ll kill them all before they can even try to get her away from me.

“Give me my sister,” Bandit tries again.

“No,” I snarl.

“How about we just get her back to the clubhouse, and I take a look at her?” Zavier suggests.

“That sounds like a good plan,” Dad states. “Come on, son, let’s get her checked out,” he says, coming closer.

I nod. “They were there to teach her a lesson,” Istate, talking more to myself than anyone else. I have their scent in my senses. I memorize it and plan exactly what I intend to do to them. They’ll die for what they’ve done to Raine. I won’t allow them to get away with it. I don’t give a damn what it takes or that they’re human. All thoughts go out of my mind about the rules.

Fuck rules.

Humans hurt my mate, and I’ll never let that happen again. I’ll go to war first.

Chapter Six

Raine

“I don’t know what the hell is taking so long for her to wake up.” Bandit’s booming voice penetrates through the haze fogging my mind.

“Calm down, Bandit. She doesn’t need you getting all worked up like this.” This time, it was Sloane’s voice that filtered through. It’s soft and like a melody. “Your parents will be here anytime, and you don’t want them to stress out more than they already will be.”

“How about you all leave the room and let me be alone with my mate?” The voice I recognize only from the one time I heard it.

It was Dane.

Wait a minute. Did he just say what I think he did? There’s no way that’s possible.

I groan and open my eyes, allowing them all to see me awake. “What is everyone doing surrounding me like this?” I look directly at Bandit and glare. “You know I hate when you hover.”

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