Chapter 127
Chapter 127 You’re mine, Doris.
William grabbed Joseph by his arm and forced him to face him. He moved so fast, Doris barely had time
to register what was going on and realized it was toote when she did.
“Calm down!” Joseph held up his hands, but William didn’t calm in the slightest. He looked close to a
beast even without having to shift. She saw the murderous glint in his eyes and the growl on his lips-he
was close to losing it. 1
“William
”
“What were you asking her a minute ago?” William asked through his teeth. They all knew he had
overheard exactly what Joseph had asked her. He was just daring him to repeat it. Doris silently wished
he wouldn’t.
“I… I just noticed she was unhappy here—”
William hit Joseph so hard in the face, it was a miracle he didn’t snap his neck from the impact. Blood
poured from his nose almost instantly and dripped down his chin. “If I see youe near her again, I will
rip your throat out.” William said with his hold tightening on Joseph. 1
“You don’t own her.” Joseph gripped William’s shirt and shoved him back, staining him with his blood. It
was obviously the wrong thing to say, Doris tried to intervene but William was faster. 1
William grabbed Joseph by the front of his shirt and yanked him back towards him. He punched him in
the face over and over until she could barely see the color of Joseph’s skin. Doris tried to pull him off
Joseph, but it was as if she was doing nothing. He didn’t move an inch.
“Stop! You’re killing him!” Doris yelled. Her voice was so smallpared to their sounds.
William’s face was sprayed with Joseph’s blood, it was horrifying. Doris begged her inner wolf to give her
some sort of strength, and she obliged almost instantly.
Doris shoved William back with the help of her wolf. He dropped Joseph and staggered a little, looking at
her inplete disbelief. Joseph was—thankfully-still alive, but he looked close to passing out. Doris
kneeled next to him and hesitated. Where could she touch that wouldn’t hurt him? It looked as if he was
bleeding from everywhere, the snow around him was painted a dark red.
“Are you okay?” Doris said gently. She nced up to see William with a wild look in his eyes. He
clenched his bloody fists and red down at Joseph as if he was ready to unleash even more of his rage
if he said another word. Doris prayed that he kept his Duris. mouth shut if he knew what was good for
him. William was not one to be taunted, not even a little.
“I—“ Joseph coughed up a round of blood, she rubbed his back a little when she didn’t know what else to
do. Were his insides bleeding out too?”I’m sorry, Doris.”
Josephid his head back into the snow and closed his eyes. For a terrifying moment, Doris swore he
had just died. When she saw his chest rise and flow steadily, she let out a breath of relief.
“Did you want to go with him?” William asked tensely. Doris took a handkerchief out from her pocket and
started cleaning the blood off of Joseph’s face. She was going to need a lot more than a small cloth to
clean him.
“Of course I didn’t, William! I can’t believe you would even ask me something like that!” Doris said
helplessly. She stood and pointed at Joseph. “Look what you did to him! They’re not going to start
trusting you if you act like aplete animal to their people!”
“I don’t care what they think of me! They wouldugh if I died right this second, I have no concern over
them.” He growled and neared her. She was proud of herself for not cowering away, especially when she
saw the look in his eye.
“You should start to care if you want them on your side.” Doris said calmly. She reached up to wipe some
of the blood off his face. “You can’t go around killing them when you’re angry.”
“He wanted to take you away from me. Why didn’t you tell me about him?”
“Ipletely forgot that he existed when I saw you, William.” Doris whispered. Beneath his angered
gaze, she saw a bit of vulnerability that she wasn’t used to seeing on him. Doris caressed his cheek
gently. “It would be impossible for him to steal me away from you.”
William turned his head and kissed her palm, but his brows were still furrowed in
anger. She wanted to smooth her thumb across his brows to make it disappear forever. Doris nced
back down at Joseph and sighed.
“We need to help him, thest thing you need is for him to die because of you right before the blood
promise.” Doris bent down to try and finish cleaning him, but it only seemed to make it worse.
William bit his wrist and pushed it up to Joseph’s mouth almost as if he couldn’t stand it. He offered him
two drops, but no more. It didn’t matter, it seemed to be more than enough. She could already see his
wounds close just seconds after he moved away from his body.
“Will he be okay?” Doris asked.
“He’ll be fine in a few hours. He might have a bad dream or two, but he’ll be fine.” . William said bitterly.
He turned and left towards the trees. Doris could only guess that William would be the star of Joseph’s
next hundred nightmares after this.
“Where are you going? We can’t leave him out here to freeze!”
“I’m getting Patrick. Stay here.”
Doris narrowed her eyes at his back and went to kneel over Joseph again. She tried not to rey the
scene of William’s jealousy exploding right in front of her. She didn’t think she had ever seen him so
jealous-expect perhaps the night he had gotten drunk because his brother became engaged to his ex
lover.
Doris itched at the mark on her neck and pushed the thoughts out of her mind. It didn’t matter if his still
harbored feelings for Lady Grace. After they returned to the pce, she would be freed and they would
part ways. 1
Their love affair was passionate and hungry, but she knew better than to expect more from him. Even if
he got so dangerously violent at the very idea of her leaving him.
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Why did it—why did she feel a strange flutter inside her stomach? She was not supposed to be turned on
by something like that.
“It’s your wolfish part of you.” Cordelia spoke up in her mind, making Doris flinch . “We like it when our
men get possessive and angry at the idea of another man wanting us. William can’t help going feral for
you, he thinks he owns you.”
Doris snorted. “No one owns me. It doesn’t matter if he’s our mate, he doesn’t own us.”
“You still liked it when he got violent, Doris. Don’t pretend you don’t.”
Doris ignored her wolf and tried not to nce at Joseph’s injured form.
“What the hell happened?”
Doris turned to see Patrick and William standing over Joseph. He shot a re at William as if he didn’t
even need an answer. Doris sighed as she stood and neared
them.
“We had a bit of a disagreement.” William said through his teeth and matched Patrick’s re. “I need you
to take him somewhere so he can heal. Try not to get noticed by the others.”
Patrick snorted and rolled his eyes to the sky. “I had hoped for one evening without bloodshed. I suppose
with you, that’s impossible.” “I didn’t bring you out here to hear youin. Get him out of here before
someone notices.” William growled.
Patrick threw a look at Doris and she only shrugged. He sighed, “Well, at least he’s not dead.”
He leaned over and hauled Joseph up over his shoulder with a grunt. Joseph wasn’t overweight, but he
was still a tall man. “Try not to get into any other disagreements before your blood promise, William. I
don’t want to have to find a secret room to fill with bodies.”
“You’re hrious.” William grumbled and watched him leave. Doris started to kick around the bloody
snow, but it was no use.
“Someone is going to see this eventually.” Doris said. William nced down and kicked at the snow as
well.
“With all of the war between the rogues, I doubt they’ll give it a second nce.” He shoved his hands in
his pockets and nced down at Doris. Her eyes flicked to his mouth and she had to hold herself back
from kissing him.
William gripped her chin and forced her to look up at him. He pressed a little harder than usual. “You are
mine, Doris. You understand that, don’t you?”