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Why today?
Of all the days to seek vengeance, why did it have to be today?
I listen quietly from my spot. Neither one of them can see or hear me, but I can smell the emotions wafting from the building: anger and pain from him. And from her? It’s not fear. It’s more like...resignation.
What the fuck?
Nicole smells sad, but she’s not sending out signals of being afraid. That’s very strange, especially in a moment when I think it’s really, really obvious that Reece doesn’t exactly have her best interests in mind.
I can hear their voices: his, mostly. He’s being louder than he should. He’s angry. Nicole might not be able to scent his emotions, but being a dragon has its perks, and I sure as hell can.
Angry.
He’s fucking angry.
She does seem to have that effect on people.
Still, I know that Nicole isn’t the one at fault here. Did she work for a terrible and evil organization? Yes. Apparently, though, she was unaware of just how bad Lucky really is. Apparently she didn’t know. There’s a part of me that wants to believe that’s true. Either way, whether she’s being honest or not, Reece isn’t the one who gets to punish her.
Who does?
Sometimes I wish my inner-dragon would just shut the hell up because right now, I want to be the one to see justice brought to Nicole. I want to pull her over my knee and rip those too-tight jeans right off her body. I want to slide a claw over her soft skin, scratching her softly, and then I want her to beg me to spank her.
I want to be the one to punish her.
I want to make her forget everything: why she left, where she went, what happened next. I want her to forget everything except my fucking name, and part of me hates just how much I still need her in that way. My body has never stopped craving hers. That’s just one of the problems with finding your mate. You need them. They’re irreplaceable. Nicole might be disliked by the clan, and she might be disliked by me, but that doesn’t make my inner dragon want her or need her any less.
I’m brought back to reality when I hear an ear-deafening scream. This doesn’t sound like sadness. This just sounds like pain, like absolute devastation. This roar is from someone who has nothing else to lose.
It’s from someone who has nothing left at all.
“I want my life back!” I hear Reece scream, and then he roars. Just like that, I’m brought from my fantasy dropped hard into reality. I shift before I think about it and throw my body at the bakery. At a time like this, I don’t bother taking the time to open the fro
nt door. I just go barreling directly through the side of the building.
It’s just a building.
There will be plenty of time to fix things later.
The thing I can’t fix, though, is her. If he breaks her, I don’t know if I can keep going. I don’t know if I’ll be able to survive. Nicole might be my ex. She might have torn my heart out and ripped it to shreds. But if he hurts her...
I push the thought away and dive into the building, attacking Reece as he prepares to launch his tiger-self at Nicole. We land beside Nicole and I turn my head to her. Everything seems to stop for just a second. Time pauses. Our eyes lock. The world goes silent.
And then she moves.
Smart girl.
She scoots away and runs out through the back. I hear her screaming, and I know she’s trying to get someone to come stop Reece. Not that I can’t stop him on my own. He might be one of the biggest tigers here, but at the end of the day, he’s still a damn tiger. He’s no match for me. He could never be a match for me.
Not with my wings.
Not with my size.
Not with my damn weight.
He cries out when our bodies collide, when we hit the floor. I don’t care. I don’t feel any remorse for my actions. He was going to hurt the woman I loved. There’s no excuse for that. Although Nicole and I are long over, the idea of him hurting her makes me sick. I growl, pinning him easily to the floor.
The fight is over before it ever began.
