In the Alpha’s Arms

Bonus Chapter- You Like That, Huh?

Are you pretending not to hear me? Cole asked over the link, concern threading through his words.

Lita had stormed out of her father’s office like a bat out of hell, barrelling through Asher’s Deltas as she fled. At the time, Cole snorted, knowing big bad Alpha Asher had called for backup. He’d gone from trying to dominate Lita, to crying for his guards with Cole only a moment away from putting his hand around the man’s neck. Lita hadn’t found it funny, throwing hard shoulders into each man that refused to get out of her way. A few had even stmbled, glaring at Cole as they went to check on their Alpha.

Lite? Cole tried for the fourth time, only more silence echoing back, Cole kicked himself and Midnight snapped his jaws closed in irritation,

You humans are always making a mess of things, Midnight growled, prowling the edges of Cole’s mind like the predator he was. You should have let me

take his throat.

Cole bared his teeth, hating when his wolf took on that self–satisfied tone. I don’t take orders from anthing that licks its own balls.

in a wet laugh, running his tongue over his

if she wasn’t there.

been getting a sense lately that Lita didn’t appreciate when he stepped in. As if she’d rather

him to stay out of it after all. Cole rubbed the back of his neck as he followed the path his Luna made on her way out. He could clearly see the line of disgruntled wolves, still trying to get back in

never seemed to make it easy for him. Cole tried to take that into consideration. Especially concerning a meeting with her father when their relationship was already nonexistent and Cole was already in the doghouse. But his damned instincts were so

asked? Cole probed

I stand by your refusal one hundred percent, love. Cole said,

behind–the–scenes happenings. Cole scowled at them, letting Midnight’s eyes flash and remind them exactly who he was. Immediately, they snapped their attention back to the ring. He returned his focus to Lita, who pushed deeper into the crowd. The issue with detecting emotions was that he couldn’t always tell why she was feeling something. Lita’s

a hurricane. Cole could barely keep his footing, let along gauge the issue. He reached for her shoulder, but she evaded effortlessly, slipping away. He brushed people out of the way in order to keep up and those wolves had the good sense not to say a word

through the fog of Cole’s mind. He opened a public link, one accessible to all