Changed Man

"Would you like me to pretend to be dead?" asked an acidic voice.

Juan and Crystal both jumped apart at the voice, turning in sync to look at the man laying there. Crystal was the first to react as her hand covered her mouth and with a cry of sheer happiness, she raced to her mate. Holding his face, she pressed a kiss to his dry lips and buried her face in his chest.

Soon after, it was Juan who reacted as he respectfully greeted him," Alpha Ace!" before moving to check his vitals over the many special machines he had been connected to.

But instead of holding her, or even comforting her, Ace tried to push Crystal, ordering coldly," You need to step back."

That cold voice suddenly chilled her to the bone. It was a tone that he had never used before with her. She had of course heard him use it on the other warriors and their enemies.

Stepping back, she looked at his face searchingly. She did not know what she was searching for. Recognition or maybe the same indulgent look that he a