~ ZEV ~
"Seriously, Kyelle?" he spat a moment later. "After everything we've been through, you'd send one of the males after me?"
Kyelle's face was guarded, blank. She wasn't smiling anymore, and she folded her arms defensively. "I didn't say that. But the Clan… females are extremely valuable these days, and as a human, she can breed with any of the males—"
"They will not touch her!" Zev snarled, stepping into her, his teeth bared.
Kyelle didn't flinch. Her gaze went cool and calm, a mask she'd built over the years navigating Alpha challenges with the males for so long.
No one could do "unconcerned" like Kyelle when she wanted to.
"I did not say they would touch her," she said, her voice even and cold. "I simply acknowledged the draw of having an unmated female—"
"Claimed, Kyelle. Claimed by me and you know it. She is my mate and I will not—"
