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“You touched her,” Zakari said in this distorted voice “You touched as mine” In the next second Zakari sla him to stumble back at the same time his head cocked back from the force Zakari reached out and wrapped his hand around the other man’s throat

The gurgling sound that came from the drunk was loud and I felt my anxiety rise

God, Zakari made the other man look so small and weak … so human

“Zakari,” the drunk choked out

“You look at her again, talk to her, touch her, fucking think of her, I’ll tear the limbs from your body and feed them to the wolves”

No one etting involved would make this worse

Zakari leaned in so they were nose-to-nose “Do you understand

I foundthat I was the center of this I watched as the drunk tried to pry Zakari’s hand away from his throat but failed

And then he tossed the drunk aside as if he weighed nothing at all, as if he were a bother, a gnat flying around his face The bar seemed to stand still, the ht at them One of the other shifters who had been seated at the table walked up to thetoo low for me to hear Yet ht on me the whole time I felt like he could see into my very soul

My heart was beating fast as I stared at hie, unusual, but all powerful I couldn’t have ignored it even if I wanted to It was as if I had known hi for the first tily possessive and ani

I was his

I couldn’t move, couldn’t even breathe as I watched the shifter take a step towardover my five-foot-five fraht at the surface

He was just a few inches from me now and I watched as he inhaled deeply, his nostrils flaring slightly God, could he srowl that came from him told me that he could It was like a dream, one that I didn’t want to wake up from But I was humiliated that the shifter kneet, kneanted him

“Feh sound, his voice distorted, his eyes flashing yellow briefly On instinct, I took a step back I wasn’t afraid of hi desire for this man I’d just erous, that he could crush my bones with little effort

I glanced toat the table with hi expression on their faces I had no idea as going on But I had to get out of here, had to get away from the man in front of htrope ready to pluround below