Page 32 of The Alpha's Son

This is why he’d decided to come and eat in the town square. She told him she heard from Kelly that her son had gone through his transition, and it hadn’t gone well. She held a tray in her hands. She’d been baking the brownie squares to take to the young man.

She glanced toward him and offered him a smile. His wolf perked right up.

Damn, she looked so good. She wore a long, ankle-length skirt and a pair of sandals that seemed to tease at the ankles. The shirt was a little too big, but he saw those nice, large tits he loved to suck on. She looked amazing, and he wanted her so badly. His cock started to thicken.

That morning they had shared a shower, and he’d spent a good hour making love to her. He just couldn’t get enough of her.

“There goes Miss Fucking Boring,” Ryan said.

Joe tensed up.

“I heard she can’t fuck anyone as she puts dicks to sleep.”

He couldn’t take that. They were talking shit about his mate, and he reacted. First, he slammed his fist into Wade’s face, and then he kicked Ryan in the balls.

The attack took him by surprise. His friends didn’t have time to defend themselves. Grabbing the back of their necks, they didn’t fight him as he dragged them toward Darcy, who looked at him with wide eyes.

“Apologize, now!” He felt his wolf rising, threatening to take over. The whole town seemed to go silent.

Joe couldn’t explain the rage that had swept over him, but he couldn’t stop it.

“Dude?” Wade asked.

Ryan didn’t question him and immediately apologized. He let Ryan go, and his friend scampered away. Wade took his time, and his wolf wanted to tear him limb from limb, so he wrapped his fingers around Wade’s throat.

“Joe, stop,” Darcy said.

At the sound of her voice, he loosened his hold on Wade’s neck.

“Son, release him.”

“Not until he apologizes,” Joe said.

Wade did so, and Joe held him for several more seconds, not wanting to let him go, but then reality set in as he realized the pack had seen him lose control.

He turned to his father.

“Come with me, now,” William said.

Joe looked back toward Darcy, and he knew he had fucked up big time. He didn’t argue with his father, and followed him. He sensed Darcy’s distress, and he hoped she delivered the brownies.

They kept moving until they got back to his parents’ house. His father closed the door, and then he rounded on him.

“What the fuck was that, Dad?” he asked.

William looked at him.

Joe stared down at his hands.

“Explain to me what happened,” William ordered.

In the past when his father had given him an order, he followed, no questions asked. He didn’t debate it or wait to follow the order. This was different, though, and he knew that.

“Wade and Ryan were just being themselves and then they started to talk shit about Darcy, and I lost it. They insulted her, and…”

“You reacted.” William nodded. “Well, that does make me feel a little better.”

“It does?”