“Wolf!” He slid into the hallway from the shadows and entered the bedroom behind us without waiting for another word from me. Everything inside me had gone cold as my protective instinct kicked in.

My body turned to stone, and I found myself in an odd predicament, one I’d never faced before. On the one hand, I had to be gentle with the fainted woman I held against my chest, and on the other, there was such rage burning in my chest my body vibrated with it.

Murderous rage is ...