Swallowing my pride and my distaste for him, I snaked down to the street and shifted back into human form. “Henry!” I called.
The omega paused, then turned at the sound of my voice. He didn’t seem too pleased to see me. “Oh, it’s you. What do you want?”
“I need your help,” I said bluntly. There was no time to waste mincing words. “Angel is lost. We think someone stole her.”
Henry’s eyes flashed before he blinked in confusion. “Angel? Oh, your kid?”
“Yes,” I said hurriedly. “It’s kind of a time-sensitive situation.”
I felt my distaste for Henry building quickly. What kind of horrible parent didn’t care that their child was missing?
One who abandons them in the first place, I suppose.
“Oh… I’m sorry to hear that, but I’m kind of busy myself,” Henry said. “Can’t your new boyfriend help you find him or something?”
“We’re both trying,” I gritted the words out, “but we need all the help we can get.”
“Sorry, dude,” Henry mumbled. “We’re not even together anymore, so I’m not sure why you’re asking me—”
My temper got the best of me, and I exploded with anger. “Don’t you even care that a child is missing? What the hell is wrong with you?”
The shock on his face quickly turned to fury. “Excuse me? What’s your problem? We barely even know each other! Fuck off and leave me alone!”
The rage inside me overflowed. I opened my mouth to scream that it washischild that was missing before a loud, chaotic mess of sounds exploded down the street, taking everyone off guard. It sounded like two wolves fighting.
“What’s going on?” one of the women who was watching Henry and I fight murmured, her attention now drawn to the racket. Other people pushed past us, crowding closer.
Now that my attention was on it too, dread froze my blood—I recognized one of the voices in the chaos.Scar!
Dropping everything, I ran desperately towards him. I pushed through the crowd.
Please, gods, it can’t get any worse than this!
With a grunt, I broke through the crowd gathered around the wolves.
I gasped.
Scar was a blur of fangs and fur as he attacked the other wolf—a large grey wolf nearly twice his size. An alpha wolf.
Realization hit me like a tsunami.That other wolf has to be Mav!
“Scar!” I cried out. But when my mate glanced at me for a brief moment, the other wolf leapt on him and pinned him to the ground.
My body transformed instantly. My jaws snapped, full of teeth, and I hurtled at Mav, knocking him off his feet. A wolf was no challenge for any dragon—Mav’s body flipped over like a ragdoll, spiralling a few yards away.
I curled protectively around Scar and hissed into Mav’s face.
Mav’s snarl deepend as he got to his feet again. “You again!” he spat. “Get out of here, snake. This isourfight!”
Now was not the time for me to get angry at being called asnake.“Get off my mate—now!”
“Not on him anymore, am I?” Mav growled sarcastically.
“Where’s Angel?” Scar snapped, thrashing his way out of my grip. He was desperate and furious, trying to get to Mav again. I only stopped him by thrusting my tail in-between them so there wouldn’t be a full-out brawl again.
“Why do you care?” Mav taunted. “You’re not even her real parents.”
Scar went ballistic. He clawed his way out from behind me and launched himself at Mav, locking into another furious attack. I barely managed to grab Mav in my claws and pull him away from my mate. I hissed at him again and bared all my sharp dagger-like fangs so he’d know not to try his luck—or else.
