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.

angel in the hell that was my life. She was the only one it was safe to talk to, and she loved when I spoke.

in a high ponytail, and I felt my eyes burn to the black of my beast. She rarely wore her hair up, and I fucking loved it. The way it emphasized her neck and where my mark would one day be placed was like a beacon, calling me to

and knew she would enjoy every second

in, whispering by her ear. The music drowned

baby. I’m right

didn’t turn in my direction, I leaned back in my chair. She wanted a night out, but I had laid the rules down very clearly, and I was a man of

she leaned toward him, inching away. Her smile fell as

pursed her lips, facing the bar and away from me as she ordered a drink. The bartender, Joey, glanced up at me as she did

to find me in the crowd but failing. Knowing that I had just made her happy

date ordered his drink and was forced to pay. They stayed at the bar for a while, talking and sipping

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

cheeks puffed out slightly as

hips swayed side to side 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

growled as my eyes were forced away to the man moving up next to her, seeming to have moved past his

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,

I watched Joselin roll her hips with the beat, her ass perfectly in my line of sight.

My woman wanted to

only one she would be

flooring with a noise of protest that was muffled by the music. The wolf looked up at me, watching me cautiously as he moved

one of the female guards stepped between them. Holden smiled, grabbing her hand and spinning the woman out. The kid knew how to

Goosebumps rose along her skin as I dipped my

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

she leaned back against

her perfect ass against my body. I swayed with her, refusing to lose

she had the nerve to come out tonight with another man still. Yet, I was also the happiest I had ever been as my pack watched as I publicly made my interest known. There was no doubt that most of them knew of my attraction to Joselin, but I wanted every last one of them to know. I didn’t want anyone else touching her ever

my hand on her lower back. She took my other hand off her hip, guiding it up her side, over the swell of her breast, and to her chest. Her heart was thumping as quickly as mine, and I licked my lips as I pressed my palm more firmly against her warm

we would feel together with less clothing, but I promised her she could dance.

the soft skin at the bottom of her tight, little black dress. I