Release Week - First Mataras: Michaela - Excerpt 3

Raxstad’s face had gone an alarming purple shade as he stared at their room’s com. Korkla had rarely seen his Nobek so enraged upon hearing Michaela’s message. Raxstad didn’t even look sane right now.

The big warrior turned on his heel and started for the door. Korkla raced to jump in front of him, knowing that doing so might earn him a punch. It was no matter; his Nobek could not be allowed to leave looking the way he did right now.

Raxstad fixed his leader with a glare that would have set any other man’s hair on end. With fangs showing behind his flat teeth, the Nobek snarled, “My Dramok, you know you mean more to me than my own life, but you need to get the fuck out of my way right now.”

Korkla didn’t budge. Instead, he fixed a steely stare at the other man. “So you can do what, Raxstad?”

“I am going to claim my Matara. No other clan can have her. She is mine.” The Nobek shook in his need to go after Michaela.

Korkla’s cold tone was a match for the heat in Raxstad’s. “She is ours. We will claim her together.”

The Dramok’s gaze slid over Raxstad’s wide shoulder to look at Govi, who still stood in the middle of the room. The Imdiko’s expression was shocked, but rare anger was creeping in as well. Good. Korkla thought Govi should be as angry as the rest of them at the thought that other men might think they had an opportunity to court Michaela.

Govi stared back at him. When he spoke, his voice was as controlled as ever. However, Korkla didn’t miss how his clanmate’s hands clenched into fists. 

The Imdiko said, “I have made a terrible mistake. I never dreamed Michaela would become so accepting of herself that she would consider evaluating other clans.”

Korkla smirked a humorless grin. “She might consider it, but she will not have the opportunity.”

He looked to Raxstad again, who appeared as if he might be on the verge of picking Korkla up and tossing him to one side. The big man could do it too. The clan leader knew he had to calm him down quickly.

He said, “Michaela is a virgin. You will have her, but you cannot let yourself lose control and hurt her.”

Raxstad’s fury immediately drew down a little. Korkla could tell the Nobek was thinking again and not reacting in a territorial rage. He relaxed as Raxstad drew a deep breath.

“I will not harm my Matara.” Raxstad’s eyes narrowed in warning. “But she will know to whom she belongs.”

Korkla nodded. “Good enough. Let’s go.”

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