~ JOHN-PAUL ~
JP’s mind was awhirl, his body pulsing with unquenched desire, instinctive aggression at all the male scent nearby, and burning rage because life was not as it should be.
He’d lost control, truly. And that frightened him. He’d thought when Kenji said a male would approach her that it would be a member of the family. Someone he cared for and could keep his right mind about correcting. But when that stranger reached for her…
His wolf had almost broken through—which would have been a disaster. Instead, it had taken all of his family’s force to keep him contained. And rather than using measured aggression they could use to their advantage, he’d almost killed a male. A young male.
In his mind, he knew there was no threat, that Lark only wanted him. But his body… his heart… h
