Page 90 of Fated to the Wolf Cowboy

“Not yet,” Luke said. Then he turned to the two Alphas. “Be ready. I’m about to try something stupid.”

Luke stripped out of his clothes and quickly shifted. His wolf stood tall and strong, then lowered to home in on my mate.

“Luke, no,” I warned, but he continued to stalk her.

“He won’t attack me,” Tricia said. “I’m okay.”

“If you’re trying to get her to go into self-preservation mode, it won’t work,” Sydney said. “She already knows that none of us want to hurt her in this trial so your logic is flawed. But Brady’s strong. He’ll likely heal in a few days.”

“What the hell, Syd?”

Luke turned and began stalking me.

“This isn’t funny.”

“No. Not him,” Tricia said.

I didn’t shift. I was still in my skin, so Luke couldn’t attack me. Surely, Tricia knew that. But this his large paw lashed out and smacked me. Three big cuts ran down my arm and blood started dripping to the ground.

I howled in pain.

Luke reared back for a full on attack.

“No!” Tricia screamed and suddenly Luke was nearly suspended in mid-air on the attack. His body fell to the ground. “Stop it!” she demanded. “Leave him alone. You want to hurt someone, hurt yourself.”

Tricia was furious and physically vibrating.

Luke got up and shook himself off and then he walked to the edge of a nearby cliff.

“No!” Sydney cried out. “Get back here, you big idiot.”

But Luke didn’t listen.

“Shit! She’s doing it,” Thomas screamed.

He led a group that took off to try and physically stop Luke. Kyle and Kelsey hung back and projected Alpha power on my mate to try and break the hold she had on him.

“Stop!” I told them.

I walked over to Tricia and pulled her into my arms, rubbing my hands up and down her back.

“Babe, I’m right here. I’m okay. No one is hurting me. Luke is a friend, a great friend. Please stop this.”

She blinked and then threw her arms around me crying hysterically.

I held her close as the rest of our group ran to check on Luke who was back in his human form.

“Good call on going after her mate, Syd,” Luke said, earning himself a loud smack before she attacked him with kisses to assure herself he was really fine.

“Are you okay?” Tricia asked me through sobs.

“I’m fine. Look, it’s already healing. I’ll be good as new in no time.”

“Test over,” Kyle said.

“Everyone take a few minutes and then we’ll meet back at the house,” Thomas informed us.

All I wanted to do was take Tricia home and lock her away from all this nonsense.