And Harmon was alone right now.
Almost as one, Rex and the others ran out the door.Rex looked around frantically, trying to find his boyfriend, but he couldn’t see anything until Harmon stumbled in sight from around the corner.A woman was slashing at his face, trying to scratch him.Harmon had caught one of her wrists, but he looked like he was trying to avoid hurting her.Normally, Rex would have understood, but not in this case.That woman was trying to hurt Harmon, and that was enough for Rex to want to use any means necessary to stop her.
He rushed forward, but he wasn’t fast enough.The woman was damn lucky that he wasn’t the first to reach her.He wouldn’t have been as nice as Mallory, who caught the woman’s other wrist and pulled her away.Harmon let go of her, but he didn’t step away.
The woman screeched and turned her attention to Mallory.She scratched his cheek, making him jump back.Luckily, he wasn’t alone.Arlen was right behind him, and he caught the woman’s arm.He twisted it and slammed her against the wall, which made the screeching stop.She didn’t stop struggling, though.She tried to push away from the wall, and Arlen slammed her there again, pinning her.He managed to get both of her hands behind her back, and he caught both her wrists with one hand.He pressed them against the woman’s upper back, keeping her in place.
“Enough,” he ordered.
The woman continued struggling.Now that Rex was close enough, it was obvious that she was terrified.Her gaze kept jumping from one person to the other as if she were wondering who was going to hurt her.Rex wanted to reassure her that they wouldn’t, but he wanted to check in on Harmon even more.He didn’t know what this woman was doing here or the reason for her attack, and part of him didn’t care.That was the same part that cared about Harmon.
“And you call yourself a leader?”Merrick asked.
Rex turned to blink at him.It made him realize that Jacob had followed them, too.Instead of stepping in and stopping the woman from attacking, he was standing there, staring.
“What do you want me to do?”Jacob asked.
Merrick looked disgusted, which wasn’t far from how Rex felt.He’d hoped that Jacob would be an okay clan leader so they wouldn’t have to look for one for too long, but clearly, he’d been wrong.
“This woman is a member of your clan, isn’t she?”Merrick asked.
“She is.”
“Then you have authority over her.Use it.”
Jacob shook his head.“I’m not the clan leader.”
“And you never will be with that attitude,” a woman snapped.
It wasn’t the woman currently struggling against Arlen’s hold.No, this one was striding toward them from the other side of the hallway.Her blonde hair was tied behind her neck, and she was wearing jeans and a red sweater.Rex tried to remember if he’d seen her before, but he didn’t think so.It wasn’t surprising since he and the others had only arrived twelve hours ago.
“Sarah, what were you thinking?”the second woman asked the one still pinned to the wall.
Sarah didn’t answer.She just shook her head and sobbed.Arlen looked like he didn’t quite know what to do, but he didn’t let go.
“I’ll have her taken to her room,” the second woman said.
Arlen arched a brow at her.“You’ll forgive me for not letting go just yet.Considering the state of your leadership, I’m not sure it’s safe.”
The woman didn’t look offended, thankfully.Instead, she nodded.“I understand.I’ve already alerted the guards.Several of them should be here soon.”
Rex wasn’t sure it would be enough for Arlen, who looked like he was willing to keep Sarah where she was for the rest of the day.
Since everyone was distracted, Rex hurried toward Harmon.He didn’t look hurt or even shaken.He was watching Sarah as if he expected her to try to attack him again, but he didn’t appear scared.
“What happened?”Rex asked when he reached him.
Harmon shook his head.“I don’t know.I’d just hung up the phone and was about to come back when she attacked me.”
“Did she hurt you?”
“Just a few scratches on my hands.”
Harmon raised both of his hands to show Rex.Rex swore when he saw the bright red lines of scratches on them.He reached out, gently cradling one of them closer.
“I’m fine,” Harmon said gently.
“These don’t look fine.”
