The Pack's Luna: The Pack Series Book 4 novel Chapter 6

Henry

I wanted to reach out, to keep her from walking away from me, but that punch, holy fucking hell, that punch has Quirin level strength.

From my bent over position, I watched her watk away, heard her call to her fucking lover, and then watched him follow her. Away. From me.

“Henry! Oh my goddess, are you alright?” Justine asks, as I’m finally able to suck in a much-needed breath of air.

I stand, looking around, only to see a very unfamiliar look on Yorick’s face. I’ve seen it before, just never aimed at me like it is now. It’s frustration and determination, the kind that I’ve only ever seen on the Hills’ faces when they’re ready to fight to protect someone their care about.

“Let her go, Henry.”

“She’s my mate,” I snarl.

He raises and eyebrow and not-so-subtly looks at Justine.

I huff out a breath and scrub my hands over my face. What the hell kind of mess have I made for myself?

“Maybe we should go, Henry,” Justine says, her hand sliding through my arm again in a way that now feels possessive and suffocating. It takes everything in me to keep Tyrus’s snarl from leaving my mouth. ‘Get her off our arm, he growis at me.

I try to subtly remove my arm from her grasp, but I see her frown as i step away.

“I think Justine is right, Alpha Henry. Perhaps you should go. We’ll make arrangements to sign the alliance agreement some other time,” Cyra says.

“I am NOT leaving her,” I growl.

“Believe me when I tell you that the punch you just received was only the tip of Piper’s power, Henry. She’s training to become part of the Alpha Squad of elite fighters. She’s one of the strongest fighters in our class and she will not hesitate to level you with that power if you don’t give her the space she’s demanding. You need to leave,” he says, standing his ground.

“NO!” I roar.

“Henry, please …” Justine begins.

“Is there a problem here?” a vaguely familiar voice says from behind me. I spin around, recognizing one of the elite fighters who joined us at Alpha Christer’s pack when Quirin killed him. He had some sort of dinosaur name.

Raptor, I think.

“I was wondering the same thing,” another voice says.

I spin around again, seeing an older man coming out of the cafeteria behind Yorick and Cyra.”No problem, Alpha Michael. Alpha Henry was just leaving,” Yorick says, holding my gaze and effectively dismissing me. It’s so out of the ordinary for any of the Hills to treat me like an outsider, that I feel a sharp pain in my heart. They’ve always been family to me. But right now, I’m on the outside of Yorick’s inner circle.

“ll walk you out,” Raptor says.

“Henry, let’s go,” Justine says, tugging on my arm.

“Tell her l’ll be back,” I say, holding Yorick’s gaze until he nods.

“This way, Alpha. Is your car in the general parking lot?”

Raptor asks.

“I know where I’m going,” I growl, turning and stomping out to my car. It’s rude to make Justine jog to keep up with me, but right now, I’m too furious to care.

When we get to the car, I open the door for her. I force myself not to slam the door shut and when I look across the parking lot, to the forest area behind the cafeteria, I see her, in the arms of her lover. Even from here she stands out.

I’m ready to let Tyrus out to go claim her as ours, when I see her step away from the man and wipe her eyes. Tyrus howls in pain, knowing that the fierce woman, the woman who left a nasty bruise on my stomach and an ache in my heart, is crying because of me. It’s that knowledge that finally makes me get in the car and pull away.I’ll give her the space she needs, for now. But I will be back.

My mind is so full of swirling emotions, that I’m startled when Justine speaks.

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