Danger Lurking

Adeline Pain seared inside of my heart; I could feel the waves of regret banging through my mate. His Alpha senses were in overdrive, his wolf pestering to the surface. It was the nature of an Alpha, the sole need seizing control to protect and serve. A need embedded into the fibers of his being. Sweat formed on the nape of his neck, making me realize that I had become somewhat of his weakness. It would be only a matter of time before others figured it out too and that would endanger Midnight Moon, but a weakness is not something I was willing to become. I ran my hand down the side of his strong jaw then brushing the tousled hair from his forehead, “Jax, if you go - I go”, I comforted. He kept his gaze down, his head still curried between his hands. While he managed to look up at me with his memorizing honey eyes, he gave me a small smile; a smile that didn’t make it to his eyes. Sophia’s panicked sobs quickly echoed throughout the vehicle, sending a shiver down my spine. Sophia always