9. CORA

Mine.

My hold on Cora tightened as I snarled at him. She didn’t belong to him, she was mine.

My mate.

Only mine.

But doubt started to fill me when his head lowered and he rubbed his snout along her cheek. A deep purr rumbled from his chest.

Cora’s low whimper pulled me out of my shock.

Growling, I gripped him by the scruff of his neck and jerked him off us. He instantly got to his feet and shook out his fur. My warning growl had him freezing, but not before letting out one of his own.

Sitting up, I turned my attention towards Cora.

She was pale and shaking slightly.

I moved the strands of hair from her face and gripped her chin to turn her attention towards me. Wide jade eyes blinked up at me. She was scared, but she was trying her best not to show it.

“K-Keiran?”

“Are you injured?” I asked her softly.

She hesitated too long before she shook her head.

My eyes dropped, darting over her and then lingering on the hand she was favouring. It was the same wrist she had injured t