Brayden did not let her go. If anything, he clenched her tightly towards himself in a useless hope that he had misheard the Lycan King correctly.
Nevertheless, when Gideon stood up and moved in their direction, he knew he had lost the battle. He had lost everything.
“I don’t like repeating myself,” the Lycan snapped, looking at him with a challenge in his eyes, “You need to step away from my mate. Now.”
The long and heavy silence in the room was awkward, but after a short while Brayden unclenched his fingers and Riannon stepped away. Gideon did not waste any time and pulled her towards him. Rubbing her arm where her ex-husband was just holding her, he asked in a fake-sweet tone, “Ria, did he hurt you?”
Riannon was acutely aware that if they did not want bloodshed, she’d better shak
