WHY CHOOSE?
"GET. YOUR. FUCKING. HANDS. OFF. HER."
The Alpha command in his voice hit like a physical force. The windows rattled. The floor shook. I felt it reverberate through my bones, through my soul.
Vera and my stepmother dropped me immediately, stumbling backward. I collapsed to my knees, my burned shoulder screaming as I jarred it. The poker clattered to the floor, rolling away, still glowing red.
Through my tears, I watched Magnus enter the room.
He'd shifted partially—more than I'd ever seen an Alpha shift outside of a full transformation. His body had grown, muscles bulging under his clothes. His nails had turned to those wicked black claws. His teeth were fangs. And his eyes—god, his eyes wer