ARIELLE
That seemingly intimate moment was broken when someone else's hand suddenly slapped Cillian's palm away from my face, while a different force practically dragged me away from him.
It was then that I finally saw him – towering like a furious beast, the stranger practically appeared out of thin air between us, his dark eyes turning yellow as the wolf inside him stirred impatiently.
His scent was all over the place, pheromones practically sticking to my skin like an invisible cobweb.
I felt chills running down my spine – I had never seen anyone so anxious before.
"What the hell are you doing?" Cillian jumped to his feet, grabbing the stranger's hand as he tried to pull it away from me. To his surprise, the masked man did not budge at all.
"Let go of her or I will tear you to shreds right here and right now!" His voice rang through the still air like thunder, his alpha command already breaking out.
