Chapter 42

Damien's POV A cold wave of fear crept up my spine. That arrogant bastard Ashton had said the girls had found their true mates. At the time, I thought he was bluffing, but what if he wasn’t? What if he was dead serious? Another Alpha had shown up today, some damn bloodsucker who looked like he wanted Trey’s head on a spike. Could the girls have actually found their mates in there? No. No, that couldn’t be. The Goddess wouldn’t do that to me. She wouldn’t take them away and hand them off to strangers. That’s not how this was supposed to go. I wasn’t giving up Maya. Not for anything. Especially not to some blood-drinking leech. I glanced over at the group near the Beta’s SUV. They stood in a loose circle, speaking quietly, occasionally laughing, as if they didn’t have a care in the world. As if my men and I weren’t even a threat. I considered walking over and asking them outright if the women had been mated. But something told me I wouldn’t get an honest answer. That smug one, Wade, caug