Bab 148: [Bonus chapter] Countdown – Part 1

If you like music while you read, try "Call Me Fighter" by Matt Beilis. It's the perfect soundtrack for Zev's inner turmoil in this chapter and the next!

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~ ZEV ~

Zev snarled, his body twitching back as Harth cut off the link. He stood there for a moment, breathing too heavily, aware of Sasha's eyes on him, but unwilling to meet her tired and frightened gaze again.

This was right. He was right. She had to see that—she had to!

His precious mate, so strong and unwavering, hadn't flinched from the conflict with the humans. Why did she seem so uncertain now? A growl puttered in his throat, but he swallowed it.

Harth had been interrupted, that was all, he told himself. He'd felt her jerk in surprise just as she cut off. That had to be it. She wouldn't be rejecting his instruction as her Alpha.