#Chapter 59: Who’s Side

Alexander My head snapped up, and there she was—Lauren, standing at the edge of the clearing, her chest heaving as she stepped into the circle. Her eyes were wide, her face pale, but there was steel in her voice. The pack murmured in surprise, a ripple of confusion spreading through the wolves. No one outside the pack was supposed to interfere in a challenge, and yet here she was, moving to stand between me and my pride. “Lauren,” I growled my voice low and warning. “This isn’t your fight.” “Like hell it isn’t,” she shot back, her hands clenched into fists. “You think I’m just going to stand by while you tear each other apart? Over me?” Gabriel shifted back into his human form, his chest heaving as he looked up at her approach. “This doesn’t concern you,” he said, his voice cold. “It concerns me when my children’s father is about to lose control,” she snapped, her gaze never leaving mine. “When all of you go to him for answers I could give you just as well. But did you ever