AXEL

I stood with my hands in my pocket, waiting for Jasmine. She paused in front of me and gave me a questioning look.

"What was that about?" she asked, her eyes following my brother.

I tried to control myself. I did not want to react based on the nudgings of my wolf. I stared at her, unwilling to respond to her question yet.

Why wouldn't you just deal with her? She hurt our mate! She put her through hell!

I tightened my fist and tried to wave off the words of my wolf. The truth was no ...