Chapter 115. An Iron Fist

Adeline POV

It’s as if I can’t even recognize the man standing in front of me, he looks at me like I’m his prey with such hungry eyes as he scavenges throughout the forest for his next meal. I feel like my heart has just been lunged in my throat when I feel his tongue swiping across my neck. I take a deep breath, using mental images of my mate and my best friend to centre my scattered thoughts and push him off of my body with all the strength I can muster.

“Christian. No.”, I say in such a chilling voice that I startled myself from the intensity of it. He blinks and suddenly his eyes go back to their usual shade of green. “I’m sorry Adeline, I don’t know what came over me. I guess my wolf is just protective over you”, he says and I almost believe him with the sincerity laced in voice.

“It’s fine, it never happened”, I responded as I crossed my arms over my chest. “Sophia is my best friend, I would never do anything to hurt her. And Jaxon is my mate, I might