One scream, and then another. The male's blood ran cold. He muttered a quick apology to Auntie Rosie, who had him looking at a small cut on her arm, and quickly exited her house. For a moment, he could only stare, his heart stopping. Later he would reflect on how in moments of extreme terror, instead of shaking like the human books describe, a body goes completely still. He was still now, his body frozen with grief and anger and shock. As Liam dropped Tameri's leg and body, the spell was broken. Now Tal was moving, though to him it seemed too slowly, it seemed as if the air had thickened around him.
He watched, almost detached, as Liam crouched defensively, his golden eyes wide. Tal could hear a snarl coming from his lips as if his son was a stranger, as if his son was a... a...
"Murderer!" The voice was not recognizable as the pale scholar's. It was a primal snarl of fury, a throwback to when wolves were truly wild, not self domesticated. His slender body met the muscular one of his son, his punishing fangs at the boy's throat. As Liam stilled under him in submission, Tal held the grip a moment longer, then released him. He kept his weight on the male, keeping him pinned. If Liam really tried, he could free himself, but the brown hued male was still under Tal, his eyes vacant as if he had taken a vacation into his own mind.
For a moment, Tal was undecided about what to do. And then he remembered the pained screams of his tiny daughter, the female he'd promised he would protect. He didn't know the greatest threat would come from her own family. He threw his head back and let out a terse howl, a howl of grief and pain and anger. He called for his mate, and he called for the leader. Let Skye decide Liam's fate. Liam was no longer his son. He had no words, only the simmering grief and rage.
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