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Rodrick gently pulls me aside, which surprises me. I thought he was going to come and pull me or throw me aside forcefully.

"This is Rodrick," he says when he grabs the phone, his voice deep, his back rising and falling with his heavy breathing, "Stop asking if I've hurt my mate, I would never do that. I'm only running away because I'm a prisoner, according to you, but having her with me is not a crime. She is mine by right."

"Your mate is terrified, Rodrick," Daniel spits, angrily. I'm just trembling with fear, standing beside Rodrick not knowing what to do, "She doesn't want to be with you, that makes it a kidnapping. You don't know your own omega. If you did you would know how much she's hating what you're putting her through."

He knows, he just doesn't care.

"Shut up!" he shouts, "I'm doing all this for her. I'm giving her a clan and making her my Luna."

"Stop, Rodrick, just stop. No clan in America would accept that nonsense, no one abides by those rules anymore. You could