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I tried to stay out of Kendra's business, I tried to leave her to it...but I could scent her arousal when she was in there with him, and it made me so fucking angry. Carson tried to keep me out, but now I've seen Maddox fucking her, now I've heard her cry out, I'veseen his bite on her--
And my hands are on him.
I knock over his chair as I leap across the room, taking him by the collar and slamming his head into the ground. Maddox is fuckinglaughing, his dark hair drenched in blood, the coppery scent invading my senses. I'm thirsty for that blood; I want to bathe in it, to knock his head against the floor until his head is empty of whatever dirty thoughts he has for my mate.
"Zane, please stop! Don't hurt him!"
I feel her hands on my shoulders, but I can't fucking stop. He needs to die...
The only thing that gives me pause?
Her knife at my throat.
I stop dead, raising my hands feeling the blade slice into my skin just slightly--just enough to make it clear she means business. All four of us are in the room now, Carson watching with wide eyes from the door, Maddox still laughing maniacally on the floor.
"Don't stop me, Kendra," I growl. "He fucking hurt you."
"No," she says. "He marked me...because he's one of us."
The words hit me like a punch to the gut. I don't want to believe it. I don't want to believe that the woman I love, thisstrong, badassrebel, is ready to take an ACB agent into our pack...and into her heart.
But I'm hearing her right.
That's exactly what she's doing.
"He gave me everything," she says. "Passcodes, weapons caches, even the way into the ACB's HQ. Carson--take this."
I glance over to find that she's using her free hand to pass over a wad of papers. Carson looks down at them, then back at the two of us before staring at Maddox.
"Is this legit?" he asks. "No...no fucking way."
"Yes way," Maddox cackles. "She's mine, too, Stone..."
I go to grab him again, but Kendra yanks me back and strides past me. I think she's going to get between us--and she does--but to my shock, she draws her arm back and plunges the knife right into Maddox's thigh.
He howls in pain and Kendra stands up to look down at him.
"You'll heal," she says. "And hopefully you'll learn to get along."
"Fuckin' hell, you're sexy," Maddox growls through clenched teeth. He seems to be declawed for the moment, though...and it gives me enough of a break to stand up straight, rolling my shoulders.
I look down at Kendra and find that she's barely bitten by him--but she's bleeding anyway. I reach out to touch her and instinctively pull her to me to press my lips to the wound and soothe her, and she leans into me.
And if Maddox really didn't belong with us--if he was as bad as I want him to be--I would be able to taste howwronghis mark is on her...but she cares about him.
I can't deny there's real, literal chemistry between all four of us.
"Damn it," I mutter, pressing my forehead to hers. "You scared the hell out of me."
She looks into my eyes. "I'm sorry, Zane...but I'm not going to stop scaring you until this war is won. Do you understand?"
I shake my head and kiss her again, needing to feel the reassurance that she's alive and well in my arms. When I pull away, I feel like the world is right again.
"You're not going to do it alone," I say. "I'm going to be there every step of the way...no matter who you choose to be with you."
She looks like she might cry.
"I know," she whispers. "You're the bravest person I've ever met."
