Looking back at it now, Cedric finds that he had no idea what had come over him that led him to interfere and stand up for her. All he knew was that he’d been overcome with a very violent anger, infuriated at the fact that Caleb’s mate had been talking down to her. 

But why? Why had he felt the need to stand up for her, especially in such a forceful manner? After all, he had been consciously trying to keep his distance, to maintain the façade of the feral beast he had been made to become ...