*Seth*
“Is she alright?” I ask as I smell David walk outside the house.
“She seemed a bit dazed,” he tells me as he comes over. “What happened? I heard a noise.”
I turn to him as he stands next to me and sees the man smashed under the tree branch.
“Sage was right,” I say, still shocked. I turn to him, realizing that he’s about to learn more about Molly than I ever intended. I reach up and clench my hand around his throat, lifting him off the ground slightly, as I try to quell the visceral need to protect my mate. “You will not speak of this to anyone. No one can know.”
“OK,” he sputters out, his hands coming up to my arm.
“This is my mate, your queen,” I tell him sternly and I feel like I’m about to lose all control. “You will not put her in danger.”
“Never,” he chokes out an
