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.

wet laugh, running his tongue over his canines. I get no complaints from

him more to ignore him. So Cole focused on Lita’s bond instead. He should have spoken up when Asher dismissed Lita, or when he spoke to Cole as if she wasn’t there. But he’d been trying to remain

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

she wasn’t upset because he hadn’t helped. She’d told 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 position to

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 difficult to fight sometimes. If even one finger on Asher’s

Asher asked? Cole probed the bond, wading through the

by your refusal one hundred percent, love. Cole said, hoping to assure her or soothe her, even as he knew

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 emotions weren’t always easy to tie to a specific incident. And when she was angry

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

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