Chapter Six
Adonis left her in the center of the Temple.
She couldn’t say a word to stop him. What could she say? He hadn’t built this exclusively for her, so she couldn’t argue it was a grand gesture to show his power and money. He’d meant for it to be a place for his pack, but after listening to him, he’d repurposed it for use.
For her.
And he walked away after only asking for a chance.
Something so simple and yet hard.
Fabiana didn’t trust easily, and he knew that. He had to. If the story about his mother was an indication, Adonis understood better than most.
“Let me the fuck go. Who do you think you are?”
Fabiana turned and raced to the entrance to the Temple. Adonis stood with his legs apart and hands in his pockets with three wolves kneeling before him, each with a man standing at their backs, guns pointed at their heads.
“You touched what is mine. Youhurtwhat is mine,” Adonis hissed.
“What are you talking about?” Vince bellowed. “We don’t even come to your lands.”
Adonis took a step forward. “Your name?”
“Vince.” The dark-haired wolf scoffed. “Dominic is going to ruin you and that little bitch Pasquale for taking us.”
“Ah, but you’d be wrong. You see, when you touched my mate, you became my problem. Dominic or Pasquale won’t save you.”
“Your mate?”
Cole. Fabiana didn’t even need to look at the blond man to know his cold, blue eyes were trained on Adonis with malice as he spoke.
Cole had always been the cruelest.
“Open your mouth wider; it’ll only hurt worse.”
She still wore the suit blocking her scent, but something must have alerted Adonis because he looked back at her. “What did Vince do to you? Did he touch you with these?”
Adonis bent forward, still looking at her, and squeezed Vince’s hands. The wolf screamed as bones crunched and his fingers twisted in the wrong directions.
“Or maybe … this?”
Adonis was fast and ruthless as he punched Vince between the legs, sending the wolf sprawling with a cry.
“Tell me,pequeña, so I can destroy it.”
“Please,” she whispered, her throat aching with unshed tears.Don’t do this.
“When they hit, I hit back harder.” Adonis took the gun from the nearest man and emptied the clip into Vince’s body before stepping to the next.
Blood splattered his face, but he didn’t care.
“What’s your name?”
“Please,” Cole begged. “We did what we were told.”
“No man should ever touch what doesn’t belong to him.Nevershould ignore the word no. Let me show you what that looks like when they do.”
“Adonis!” Fabiana cried.
