“Why did our guards not apprehend one of them for questioning?” Edward asked.
“They were outnumbered,” Charles reminded him while Isobel swallowed the insult she wanted to throw at the man they called father. Perhaps Isobel should have been smarter and not allowed the man she’d bitten to leave, but with their lives in danger, apprehending one of the men had been low on their list of priorities.
“I’d like to know why Isobel shifted instead of you Charles,” Edward mused. “A woman scared off five men while you were doing what exactly?”
“I was getting Emma to safety,” Charles replied, his fists clenched on the table. It was clear he was close to losing his temper. “I needed to protect my mate.”
“So while your younger sister shifted into a wolf and fought alongside our guards, you ran aw
