Double Bound

POV: Rafe

"He beat you?" I finish the dark sentence lingering in the air.

She only moves her head a fraction, a slight, trembling nod confirming my darkest suspicion.

"Who?" I press.

"Beta Vance," she whispers. The name just scrapes past her bruised lips.

*But she’s ours now, right?* Rokar grumbles inside my mind, his panic spiking.

*Let me finish,* I snap back, pushing the wolf down. I