Chapter 6

6

D amien was doing everything in his power not to go after Danika and demand she tell him who had dared touch her.

But he saw the way her eyes had widened after he spoke, and the way she had felt that he had gone too far and too fast with her.

The scent of fear, anxiety, and inner conflict had slammed into him like a sledgehammer.

“What in the hell was that about?” Tyler asked. He ran a hand over his head and breathed out. His friend was clearly out of his element right now. “Danika has never acted like that, and you think someone did that to her lip?”

Damien hadn’t told Tyler what Danika was to him. He had meant to tonight, but then this weird situation had gone down, and right now it seemed inappropriate. “I don’t think she’ll say what really happened until she’s ready.”

Of course he’d scented the truth when he’d asked her who’d touched her. The truth had been there, right at the surface, but her emotions had been so raw and open that he knew she had been on the verge of breaking down.

That was the only reason he hadn’t pressed her on the issue.

“I’m going to go.” Truth was he felt like a bastard, because he was planning to follow Danika and get some answers.

She was his mate, and seeing her after four years of keeping himself in check had been the hardest thing his lion and human side had ever tried to suppress.

Tyler didn’t respond, and the scent of his worry over Danika, and the fact that he was looking like a stressed-out father filled Damien’s nose.

“She’ll be okay, Tyler. Don’t worry.” And Damien would make sure of it, because he’d find out who the fuck had touched her, and he’d beat their ass for hurting his woman.