Chapter 21

Cass's POV

The sound of my father's fist connecting with Ezra's face was enough to stun everyone into silence. I didn't move. I'd seen my other mad, and even angry a few times in my life but he was always in control of his emotions. I'd seen him fight before in military tournaments, in training troops, and he never held back when training me. It was then that I noticed his body position. He had put himself slightly between myself and Ezra. This wasn't a man out of control. This was a man defending his child. 

I couldn't help the warmth that I felt in that moment. Even though instinct told me that my mate had been attacked, my logical side and my emotional side were enough to overpower those feelings. I had been dealing with so much lately on my own that I didn't even know how much I needed my dad until that moment. The isolation was, of course, my own doing. I would have to work on that in the future I decided. 

Ezra hadn't fallen, but he certainly