Page 92 of Alpha Dragon's Mating Contract
Larei looked up with a scowl. “You!”
Raptor’s fingers twitched. “What’s going on?”
“It stole my cheeseburger!”
Walren recalled, with much bitterness, how particular Larei was about his food. And how he would beat Walren if Walren overcooked so much as a green bean.
Raptor stiffened. “Stand down. I’ll get it back for you.”
Larei sneered. “Yeah? It’s getting cold. Maybe you should compensate by giving me another.”
Raptor rolled his eyes. “If you’re incompetent enough that ashopping cartcould steal your burger, whose fault is it, really?”
The other alpha tensed, trembling with rage. He stepped sideways to glower at the cart—and saw Walren.
Walren’s insides seized. He took a hobbling step back... and realized he shouldn’t have.
Because now Larei knew about his bad leg.
Larei’s cruel eyes zeroed in on where Walren’s knee should’ve been. The disability thathehad caused.
He sneered. “You again. Giving up your holes to the first alpha who doesn’t throw up at your leg.”
Walren paled. Lately, he had been trying to walk like a normal person, tiptoeing with his short leg to make up for the differencein its length. And he had been hoping that Raptor hadn’t noticed.
A low growl shook out of Raptor. “I gave you a chance to leave with your food. If you have any sense, you’ll leave now, without having your face punched in.”
Walren had felt Raptor’s murderous intent before, but that was nothing compared to the absolute danger pouring off him now.
Raptor took a step forward. Larei snapped his gaze back to Raptor; he stiffened warily.
“I would offer to duke it out with you here.” Raptor waved at the parking lot around them. “But all damages will be yours to pay. If you can’t afford it, I’ll be happy to sell your kidneys to make up the difference. Not that I think they’ll be enough to pay off this many cars. Maybe if I sell your liver and corneas, too?”
“What the hell,” Larei snarled.
Walren gaped. He knew it was an unethical threat, butno onehad spoken that way to Larei before. It gave him such a rush to hear it now, to know that Larei would get what was coming to him.
Raptor bounced on his heels, his smile taking on a manic edge. “I’ll even let you walk away after. You don’t need your corneas to live. Well, maybe you’ll need the kidneys and liver, but not for long.”
“You’re insane,” Larei growled.
“I don’t tolerate anyone saying rude things to my omega.” Raptor’s smile was all sharp teeth. “Or would you like me to discussyourholes? Maybe they would be worth some money, too? I bet your butthole is worth a lot. It’s virgin, isn’t it?”
Larei’s face grew red and splotchy. “How dare—”
“Oooh, doesn’t feel so good now, does it? I would love to kill you a million times over for what you did to Walren,” Raptor purred. “But I thought it would be a shame to let your body parts go to waste. Lots of people out there who need a new set of eyes. You don’t need yours.”
Larei stared at Raptor in disbelief. He clenched his fists and bared his teeth.
Walren thought Larei would lunge at Raptor and fight him anyway. But Larei stepped back, shooting Walren a poisonous look. “I won’t forget this.”
He squared his shoulders and walked away.
“Use this chance to become a better fucking person,” Raptor called after him.
Larei kept walking. Walren didn’t quite manage to breathe until the man was completely out of sight.
“Are you sure that was a good idea?” Walren mumbled shakily. “He could come back and fuck things up for you real bad.”
