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Callan braced his hands on the ar hers, enforcing his authority over her, feeling the strength of the ani to the fore

He was pride leader It was his decisions that led his community, and damn her to hell, but she would submit to those decisions He stared down at her, waited until her gaze shifted from his to his shoulder in respect, and the sance

“Would you care to repeat to me the insult that just left your lips?” he asked her, the hard rasp of the anih his voice

Her gaze flickered, lowered, as she breathed roughly

“I apologize,” she whispered “I had no right to say that” Her eyes lifted again, and he saw the fear and the concern in her gaze as she stared at his shoulder once again “Callan, I’erous and you won’t listen to me because he’s your friend I understand that But you have to do so”

“Jonas” Callan kept his gaze on Ely’s eyes, boring into the his command “Did you order her to keep this information from me?”

“I did, Pride Leader” Jonas was smarter than the scientist; he kept his voice level, calm

Callanas Ely’s eyes lowered, her hands folded tightly in her lap, her posture calmer now

“Why?” He turned on the director

In ter Cabinet, Jonas was but a step below him If push came to shove, the other th, but Jonas understood the battle they were fighting Sometimes

“I disagree with her assessh he cast Ely another confused look

“You’ve seen the tests?” Callan asked him

“I’ve seen the test results I compared those results to the security video of Mercury and Ms Rodriquez, as well as the video from the lab the day Ely tricked that blood froonized him, then took the blood Results from the blood taken moments earlier showed none of the feral hor hi his woman that it showed up”

“She’s not his mate,” Ely snapped “I’ve run all the tests, Jonas There’s no possibility of it”

Callan turned, and before he could halt it, a hiss of male fury passed his lips Animal to animal, Breed to Breed, that sound had the power to shock the of strength and power, and the line she was crossing