Knox’s POV
I should’ve killed those bastards last night.
That was the thought that crossed my mind while Aira stared at me as though I were some sort of monster. What had she expected me to do? Rap them over the knuckles and send them on their way?
I’d warned them. I’d warned them not to mess with another citizen of Erupting Eclipse.
All right, technically, Aira wasn’t a citizen, but she was under my protection and until we rejected each other, she was my mate. That put me well within my rights.
I wasn’t going to make excuses for doing what needed to be done.
We completed the two-hour journey back to the castle in complete silence, Aira staring at me in horror, me looking out the window and pretending not to notice.
When we arrived at the castle, my mother and father came running do
