~Rhen~
Zara is almost limp in my arms when I scoop her up just as I hear Raidon's car skid to a stop at the end of the alleyway. I race toward it, leaving Thane behind as he keeps the other Alphas at bay. Raidon jumps out of the car and races to open the rear door, but I thrust her at him.
I force her into his arms because I have been around her too long; I am fighting a war inside my head. I can’t take her. Thane would kill me. It is a disrespect to disobey your Alpha, and though I can feel his instinct to protect her, he hasn't given his express approval. Which, by werewolf law, gives him the right to punish us as he sees fit if we were to take her now.
Thane wouldn't kill us, and his aura and rule hold us back, but we are still Alphas, stuck in a confined space with the scent of a
