/-Maleek-/

I had been watching them. Over the past week, I had watched how close they had gotten.

The way Draven hovered around her, the way she smiled at him—my mate. Mine.

The anger that coiled in my chest was something I couldn’t shake. He already took what should’ve been mine—the Alpha status. And now, he dared to take her too?

It burned. Every time I saw her laugh with him, it felt like acid in my veins. She was supposed to belong to me, but she had chosen to stay near him.

So ...