Page 117 of Hot Girls Date Shifters

Final.

“But we’ll be stripped of Pack protection!”

“Yes. You will be.”

Marcus gives a single nod.

“They'll answer for trespassing on Clan land.”

Daniel cracks his knuckles.

“I'll make sure they do.”

The three strangers suddenly look a lot less interested in fighting.

Two Barvale Enforcers emerge from the woods behind Daniel and quickly restrain them.

Only then does Marcus turn toward me.

His gaze drops to me and the unconscious woman lying in my arms.

She'd collapsed beside the tree sometime during the fight. The sight of her twists something inside me.

She's so still.

Too still.

My Bear whines.

Mate.

Wake up.

Please wake up.

Marcus's eyes lift to mine.

“Graham, you haven’t been by the Den for a while. What happened?”

I barely notice one of the Enforcers draping a blanket over my shoulders.

My attention never leaves Elsie.

“I...”

The words catch in my throat.

“I found my mate. I claimed her. She-she didn’t know.”

Silence.

Daniel's eyebrows shoot upward.

Rafe exhales slowly.

Marcus studies me for a long moment.

“She didn’t know? What happened?”