Alpha Orion
Recognition flickered in his beast, halting him mid-motion, but his grip around Erik's throat didn't loosen; it tightened with the awareness that his mate was trying to protect another male.
Instead, with a snarl, he drove Erik's head into the stone again and again—each strike more brutal than the last. Rey screamed, begging him to stop, pulling at his arms, but Orion ignored her.
Only when Erik's body went slack beneath his grip did he finally release him. Erik lay unconscious on the floor, but his pulse remained faint but alive.
Orion rose slowly, his massive frame unfolding, chest heaving with restrained fury.
Rey darted forward to reach Erik, but she barely made it a step before a hand a