This was a mistake.Someone pushes his girlfriend behind him, growling at me like my disgusting human genes will corrupt her.But his hatred doesn’t even match the one from the large, tattooed Lycan standing in front of me. We lock eyes.“Human.” He snarls, making goosebumps flare over my skin. Who needs the council to kill me when this massive man will crush my head in a second?Right as I turn to make a beeline out the door, Ryker’s voice rises from the crowd, “Axel, lay off her. I invited her here.”Whispers float through the crowd, but the boy, Axel, doesn't seem to have heard Ryker. Instead, Axel keeps staring at me, and when he finally speaks, it's laced with enough acid to burn my soul: “Get the fuck out of my house.”His house? The Crestridge house?Oh shit, that means he’s-“Alpha.” Ryker confirms, “We don't have time for this. Talon, remember?”There’s a shift in his silver eyes, something like worry, and he breaks out of his trance.I’m about to exhale when he marches
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