The Guardian's Mate
Priya came at me again, and I got my forearm up to block, the impact jarring all the way to my elbow, my mind scrambling to remember anything Ethan had taught me that actually applied to a furious classmate rather than a trained wolf.
Then someone moved between us so fast I barely registered it happening.
Damian caught Priya's next swing an inch from my face, his hand closing around her wrist with just enough force to stop her, nothing more. I could see the restraint in it — the careful, deliberate limit he was keeping on his own strength, holding her like you'd hold something fragile you didn't actually want to break.
"That's enough," he said, quiet, no theatrics in it at all.
Priya yanked