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My heart skips a beat.

Lonnie knows everything.

This is why his plans have changed. He realized that Brandon wasn’t on his side anymore, that there was an actual threat to his power. He realized he was going to have to act or risk losing his chance to become alpha.

Brandon and I should have moved against him last night.

But we couldn’t. Our attraction to each other was so strong that it overrode everything else.

Fuck. I’m going to lose my baby. After all the effort I put into keeping her safe, I’m losing her in a way I never could have imagined.

Now. It’s time.

I let my wolf come ripping to the surface, jerking me out of Lonnie’s hold. I whirl around, ready to tear his throat out.

And then, suddenly and without warning, Brandon rushes into the clearing.

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BRANDON

Ittakeseverybitof strength I have in my entire being to cage the wolf, and I’m not quite sure how I manage. All I know is that at the sight of Alicia, even though sh’s already in her wolf form, my human self surges forward again, and I try to sprint to her side.

But one of Lonnie’s men is holding my baby. That takes precedence over everything.

Two of Lonnie’s men catch me and hold me back. I pull against them, and I’m nearly able to break free, but thentwo more of them come running over to get their hands on me.

I lunge in their grip. “Damn it, Lonnie!”

“Stand down, Alicia,” Lonnie barks quickly. “We don’t want your daughter alive that badly. And we’ll kill Brandon, too.”

There’s a tense standoff for a moment. Then she shifts and falls back.

“You betrayed us,” Lonnie snarls, his yellow-ringed eyes fixed on me. “You went to her and told her everything, didn’t you?”

“I’m not going to let you hurt her,” I say.

“Fuck, Brandon, this bitch kept your child from you! You don’t care about that?”

“You never asked me what I cared about,” I snap. “You never asked me what I fucking wanted. If you had, you’d have known a long time ago that I’d never agree to something like this.”

“I can’t believe you’re protecting her. I can’t believe you would turn on me.”

“I’ve never been with you,” I tell him. “I’ve been third in command of this pack, but it was never fucking about you. You should have known that. If you had paid any attention, you would have seen how little I always cared about what you thought. You would have realized I’ve been doing what I wanted for a long time now.”

“Oh, is that right? Well, tell me, Brandon, what is it you want?”

“I want Alicia,” I say. “I claim her as my mate.”

Lonnie shakes his head. “You can’t do that.”

Alicia turns her head to the side so that her hair falls back and exposes her neck... and the place where I bit her. “It’s done,” she says. “He’s claimed me, and I’ve accepted him. We belong to one another. You can’t stop it, Lonnie. Not now.”

“You accepted him?” Lonnie demands. “After what I told you? He’s using you.”

“You lied,” Alicia says.

“I’m not lying.”

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