~ASHTON~

I surged to my feet faster than I thought possible, the rough cave wall scraping my shoulder as I shoved off it. In two long strides I was over her, planting myself between Hazel and every cold, blinking red light the producers of the mate hunt had hidden in the shadows of this cave.

My body cast the only shield I could give her, broad shoulders squared, feet braced wide, blocking as much of the lens' hungry view as one man possibly could.

But fuck, the second I got close, ...