Breed Me. Daddy Alpha novel Chapter 274

Damon’s jaw clenched tight, and his growl rumbled deep, vibrating through the air. “Shut your mouth, Daren, before I rip it off your face.”

But Daren? Oh no. He didn’t back off. He didn’t flinch. He didn’t even pretend to take it seriously. Instead, he chuckled, slow and maddening, that smirk still playing at the corners of his mouth as if Damon’s rage was the funniest thing he had seen all day.

“Calm down, brother,” Daren said smoothly, raising his hands a little in mocking surrender, though his eyes never left me.

“You’re so quick to snap, just like always. I wasn’t insulting her. I was appreciating her. There’s a difference.” He tilted his head and let his gaze drift over me again, seductively and slow enough to make my face burn.

“And honestly, who wouldn’t appreciate her? Look at her. She’s stunning. Young, soft, untouched in all the ways that matter. I’d say you’ve outdone yourself this time.”

My heart thudded painfully in my chest, and my skin felt like it was on fire under the weight of his stare. Damon’s hand twitched at his side, his whole body coiled like he was a second away from lunging.

Daren, of course, wasn’t finished. He leaned in just slightly, his voice dropping lower, silkier, and somehow filthier.

“Don’t be so defensive, Damon. You can’t expect me not to notice when you walk in here with a girl who looks like that. Hell, half the pack will notice. Half the pack already is. And if you weren’t my brother, I’d be tempted to steal her right from under you.”

That was it. That was the breaking point. Damon’s entire body tensed, his eyes blazing, his chest heaving like he had been holding back a storm that finally tore through him. His growl rumbled out so loud it made the ground feel like it vibrated beneath my feet.

“Not because you look exactly like me does it give you any right to talk to my woman like that!” Damon snapped. His hand shot out, shoving Daren hard enough that his back hit the nearest stone pillar.

Daren just laughed. His head tilted back slightly, his smirk refusing to die, his voice smooth even though Damon was standing over him with murder in his eyes. “Your woman?” he repeated slowly, dragging the words out like he was tasting them.” Don’t tell me you found your mate already, Damon. You?”

He pushed off the pillar, brushing the dust from his shoulder as if nothing had happened, and his eyes glinted with wicked amusement as they landed back on me. “So this is her? The one fate tied you to? I’ll be damned. She’s young, she’s beautiful, and she looks like she has no idea what kind of hell she’s walked into.”

Do you see the way he looks at you? my wolf pressed on, her tone both furious and frantic. That is not a brother’s gaze. That is hunger. That is want. He wants to test Damon, he wants to test you, and if you let him, he will break every boundary you have left.

I wanted to shout back at her in my head, I wanted to tell her to shut up, but I couldn’t, because she wasn’t wrong. My entire body was reacting, and I hated it.

“Mine,” Damon growled again.

But Daren only laughed, and my wolf snarled. He is mocking him. He is mocking us. Don’t let him see you shake. Don’t let him know how much he rattles you. Goddess, Lyra, hold yourself together before he makes a game out of you.

The worst part was, she was right. Because the way Daren’s smirk curved, the way his eyes lingered, it felt exactly like he already had.