Holden It broke my heart to see Samantha break down. She was on her knees, bawling her eyes out. “Please, I can’t do this again,” she says. A new anger rises in me as I now want to kill the man who did this to her. A growl comes from me, and it only seems to set my mate off more as she struggles to get away from me. Marcus has a firm hold on her, but she is just screaming. “Samantha,” I say in a calmer voice. “Alpha, you need to step outside and calm down,” John steps in front of me. “I’m not angry,” I tell him. “Please,” John looks me in the eyes. I watch Samantha’s mother and another female come over to comfort her. She falls into her mother’s arms and continues to sob. I take a deep breath and head outside with John at my side. I sit on a bench overlooking the woods. “I want