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welcome here, Alex. Leave now,” Lars warned only once.
    “Oh, come now, can’t we be civil here? I just wanted to say thank you for finding Tamara for me. I’ve been waiting a long time to see her,” Alex walked around the fire towards them.
    “You will not touch one inch of her. She’s our consort. Father is waiting for you at home.” Alex tried once more, well aware Gage was close to attacking. His hands were now covered in fur, large claws scraped against his pants, but he kept his own beast back.
    Stopping, Alex looked at him, then at Gage. “So the both of you share her? Amazing, I bet Father was pleased with that, knowing he might get those grandchildren after all,” Alex sneered and tried to move to the side to see Tamara.
    “You will not!” Lars let a small fraction of his inner demon show and sent his brother back a few yards with his power. “Leave, because the next time you won’t walk away. That’s my final warning.”
    Behind them, Tamara placed her hand on his back. “You shouldn’t have to do this. He’s your brother,” she whispered, but Alex heard her.
    “That is easy enough, dear Tamara, why don’t you come with me and all of this can be prevented.” Alex stood, slow brushing the sand off of himself, and held out his hand.
    She snorted behind them. “Yeah, right. Like I’d do that. Not going to happen. So why don’t you just leave and forget you ever knew me?” She poked her head between him and Gage.
    “I’m afraid that isn’t going to happen. You owe me. I was discharged and shame was brought upon my family because of you…a human,” he snarled and nodded.
    “I owe you nothing! You almost gutted me while I was alive, all because I wouldn’t sleep with you,” she shouted and pushed forward trying to get past the two of them, but there was no way they’d allow her to place herself in danger.
    “I did gut you. If that stupid Commander hadn’t been there, you wouldn’t be here and no one would have known.” His brother’s gaze moved to the left really quickly and at once Lars knew others were now surrounding them.
    “So it comes to this then?” Lars motioned with his fingers. Gage shifted next to him. In wolf form, he stood over eight feet tall, his fur almost white, fangs glistening from his mouth as his snarls filled the air, calling to the others of their team, but there was no time.
    No, he had no choice, but to use the one thing he didn’t want to. He took Tamara’s hand, his gaze never leaving his brother and placed two specialized plugs in her hand. “ Put them in your ear now and don’t draw attention to yourself anymore.” He sent the message into her head.
    Reaching over, Lars took Gage’s clawed hand and centered his attack to those around them. It was a hard task to focus such power, but it could be done. The only problem was that any humans around them would have serious earaches, but with the plugs he’d handed Tamara, he’d hoped she wouldn’t be affected.
    Drawing on the power around him, Lars attacked, giving no warning. The full demon inside was out. Not only were Alex’s men down for the count, his brother would be his. Releasing Gage’s hand, he flew at his brother, who was now flat on his back from his attack. Lars landed on him with a crunch, cracking several of his ribs with his knee.
    “You should have left when I told you. Now you will sleep for a very long time.” His fangs ripped into his brother’s throat and released the poison to induce the five hundred year sleep. Only a rare few of his kind were born with this gift and he was one of them.
    His brother’s eyes grew large as he realized his mistake. “I won’t forget, no matter how long I sleep…” were the last words he uttered before succumbing to the sleep. Lars jumped up and looked back at Tamara who stood there staring at Alex.
    “It’s over?” She took the plugs out of her ears and watched as their men gathered Alex’s men, securing them.
    “When were you