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ground as he yanked her away from the crowd.
    Right then, three lone wolves stepped forward—their gazes glued on Rynn. She was immediately unsettled about the severity in their eyes. What could be wrong now? Rynn glanced at Briggs in question.
    He wasn’t looking at her. His eyes locked on the wolf approaching them. Rynn followed his gaze to see teal eyes tight with intensity and a sly and calculating smile.
    The man stopped a few feet away from Rynn, raised his head and inhaled deeply. His nostrils flared as he turned his head, the smile had grown in size. “Well, well, what do we have here?”
    Briggs grabbed Rynn by the arm and pushed her behind him as the other two men stepped forward. In an instant, she was shielded from them and felt completely lost. Why were they looking at her like that? Why was Briggs ready to kill someone? His tense emotions were sending flickers of harshness through their bond.
    Compelled to have a look, she peeked around Briggs’ back to find the three men standing in front of them. Any of them could be an ideal candidate for an ultimate fighting challenge. That alone was cause for concern.
    Briggs was as tall as any of them, but his body wasn’t as overbearing. He was still in every way muscular—defined—just not bulky. In a fight against them, Rynn wasn’t totally convinced he could win. As a wolf, she didn’t doubt they’d lose. Briggs’ size came close to Valor’s, which was saying a lot. Valor as a wolf is comparable to a small horse.
    Right now though, they weren’t shifting—all stood in silence with testosterone filtering through the air.
    Before Rynn could voice her questions, Briggs pushed her behind him further. Valor stepped away from her to move between Briggs and the men. “I declare my protection on her. Step aside, Tiago.” Valor’s voice rang strong with authority.
    “This is fair game, Valor,” Tiago said, his tone challenging. “You have no right to protect her here.”
    Rynn snuck another peek around Briggs’ side to see the other two Alphas had backed away, appearing uninterested. She still had no clued to what held their attention in the first place. But this Tiago wolf challenged Valor, face-to-face.
    “You will not have her,” Briggs growled. “You will die before you do.”
    She was confused. From their conversation earlier, she believed that because they hadn’t slept together it could cause a bit of a rift, but she thought it had something to do with the women thinking badly of her or that she was strange. Considering they would already hold not being a pure blood against her, it just added to the problem.
    What was this about and what did he mean ‘have her’? Have her do what?
    Quicker than she could blink, Valor’s wolf form stood in front of Tiago—cinnamon-colored fur dusted with black tips. He was quite a striking wolf—one to gawk at for sure.
    Tiago however hadn’t shifted. He looked more annoyed than anything else and stepped back within the crowd. Tiago’s gaze never left Rynn’s. She swallowed deeply.
    Those eyes were not only that of a predator, but were also very possessive.
    Briggs’ tension rippled through him, angry and protective. Those emotions also ran through Rynn from their bond. Never had she felt anything like it, especially coming from Briggs. He was always so gentle, the strength of it made her feel safer. His security was like a warm blanket around her.
    Still, this was such a huge mess.
    Half of them hated her because she wasn’t pure blood, and now, it appeared that this Tiago was ready to pounce because she and Briggs hadn’t done the deed yet. Nothing in her felt good about any of this.
    Briggs didn’t miss her somber mood, pulled her around from behind him and brought her close to his chest. “It doesn’t matter. You hear me? All this is not important.
    You are my only concern here.”
    She wasn’t settled.
    “Go on,” Valor ordered to the crowd. “Get yourself settled, then we can meet and get to