Austin looks at the vacant black eyes of the wolf in front of him. He has no idea how Harlow remained so calm when she was all alone in this, he feels anything but calm. He wants to grab the wolf and shake it, asking for his brother back.
Austin tries hard to remember all the statements, all the coaxing words that Harlow and he have discussed in length over the years. He is trying to sound relaxed but the wolf is just going crazy.
Harlow watches as the wolf is so much more aggressive towards Austin than it is towards her. It is as she suspected, the presence of the other alpha male is what is setting him off. Her brothers never stood a chance. It is like having an enemy trying to calm him, it was never going to work.
Austin dodges another vicious attack, moving in under his brother and
