#Chapter 72: Rage Bait

Julian’s POV “Amber, you can’t mean that,” I said quickly, bordering on desperate. “I’m sorry I had to cancel our plans last night, but –” “Why did you cancel our plans?” she asked. She spoke like she already knew the answer. Still, I wasn’t about to admit that I had to call off our dinner last night because I had gone into an Alpha rage and couldn’t trust myself to be around anyone. That would irrevocably harm our relationship. “I had reasons…” I said. I’d never lost my temper like I had with Chase last night. But what he had been saying had been so vile, so low, I had acted without thinking. I couldn’t let him get away with saying any of those things. And if he were to try to act on them… Just thinking about it made my blood turn to fire as my rage once more pushed on the edge of my consciousness. No. Not here. Not with Amber. I breathed deeply, forcing myself to calm. All the while, Amber watched me closely. Maybe she could see the change in me, I didn’t know. I