The Beast And The Blessed

Chapter 121

Sixteen: Tobias

Tobias’s P.O.V.

This was the last place I wanted to be, but it was where I needed to be. The music was too loud, and the smell of alcohol and body odor was offensive. Still, I was here, watching and waiting.

Joselin hadn’t agreed to be mine yet. We weren’t together, but I would be damned before I let her go on a date with another man.

I hadn’t felt threatened when she had been sleeping with random people. But her going out on a date with a man who looked at her the way that only I should was not going to stand.

I took a sip of my water, my eyes on the door as I waited for her to enter. If they were going dancing, this was where she would be. It was her favorite place because it was right by the bunkhouse, so it was filled with guards who were used to her, and very rarely would anyone care if she was among them.

It was the town’s people who didn’t know her that had a problem.

Several of my pack members nodded at me in greeting but didn’t bother approaching me. They knew I wouldn’t talk to them unless I had to. They didn’t mind. I had risked my life for many of them in the past, and they knew my silence was nothing personal.

I used to talk. I used to talk a lot.

My father hated it.

He beat me, telling me to keep my mouth shut. He said it made me a good warrior to know my place, respect my superiors and not waste my breath on those below me. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized he wanted me to keep silent so no one would know he would torture me at home despite knowing our neighbors could hear it.

They knew about my home life and did nothing to help me or stop him, and

I would heal before anyone could see it.

But then he got his hands on Ana. I was just a young teenager, practically a kid still. Those words would haunt me forever. ‘You sound just like your father.’

Just like that, his life-long lesson finally stuck with me. I didn’t want to sound like my father.

Joselin was my escape.

to talk to, and she loved when I spoke. She would listen to

ponytail, and I felt my eyes burn to the black of my beast. She rarely

with a ponytail and knew she would enjoy every second

was right behind her. This time, he kept his hands to himself, and I grunted in approval. He leaned in, whispering by her ear. The music

baby. I’m right

wanted a night out,

waiting for him to slip up, but he stiffened as she leaned toward him, inching away. Her smile fell as she noticed the distance he placed between them, and

ordered a drink. The bartender, Joey, glanced up at me as she did so, and I nodded once, confirming that I would be the one

saw her turn again, trying to find me in the crowd but failing. Knowing that I had just made her happy with such a small gesture reminded me of how perfect she was

and she laughed as her date ordered his drink and was forced to pay. They stayed at the bar for a while, talking and sipping their drinks while

to the dancefloor, staring at the queen’s brother expectantly. He was hesitant, and my teeth ground together as I waited for him to choose between

Her lips and cheeks puffed out slightly as she let out

as she matched the beat, her hands running up her hips to her neck before holding them above her head briefly. As I watched her move, I couldn’t stop the purr of pride and pleasure. With her arms up, it was like she was a

as my eyes were forced away to the man moving up next to

the sound as she saw Holden approaching, but she still didn’t turn to me. She knew I was here. She had heard me vocalize my anger but stayed where she was. Her body began to move more seductively as she stepped toward Holden, and he stepped

as I watched Joselin roll her hips with the

couldn’t take it anymore. My woman

only one she

a noise of protest that was muffled by the music. The wolf looked up at me, watching

confidence wavering as one of the female guards stepped between them. Holden smiled, grabbing her hand and spinning the woman out. The kid knew how to dance. I would give

up. Goosebumps

hear me over the speakers, but she did. She heard me loud and clear as I kissed

as she leaned back against

me, rubbing her perfect ass against my body. I swayed with her, refusing to lose contact. Even when she spun around to face me, my fingers

There was no doubt that most

guiding it up her side, over the swell of her breast, and to her chest. Her heart

take her away from here, to show her how good we would feel together

soft skin at the