I hated seeing Jake like this. This was not the Jake we know and love. He had withdrawn into himself and it was horrible. The fact he said Jaxx had gone silent on him again concerned me too. Jaxx surprised me attacking to the point of death with Rose. I thought he may attack to injure, to bring her down, never to maim or kill. Not to his mate. Though part of me is wondering if the Beta wolf in him shone through and he was protecting his pack members. That is what I would do as Alpha. That is what you have to do. Protect your pack members. And that is what he did, he was protecting Ruby. Though I know with Ruby there are feelings there. Maybe even love if he looked deeper. They had been getting closer, I had noticed it, and so had Lilah. We were forever trying to push them together, knowi