food kept spilling off his fork and back into his plate, was staring at the sexy Alpha.
Colin was about to say something when he saw Sloan tense, and then Colin felt a presence behind him. Turning, there was a huge, menacing Alpha, eye fucking him with his dull brown eyes. Shivering, Colin crept up his hand to his neck. Behind was another guy just as big, smirking at him. Gross.
“Leave, Duke.” Dalton was firm, commanding… and completely useless against the guy.
Duke pushed Dalton over, not so gently. Duke invaded Colin’s space. “Name?”
Colin searched his friends' faces, trying to figure out what the hell was going on.
Before he could even squeak out his name, Duke was wrenched backward out of his seat, landing hard on the ground. Colin whipped his head around and saw Sloan facing off with Duke. Duke smiled wickedly before he shot off the ground, charging Sloan and wrapping his arms around his mid-section.
The two Alphas went down hard, punching the fuck out of each other. Sloan landed a hard one to Duke's jaw, and the two of them rolled before knocking into the next table. The room of people scattered and ran, ducking out of the way as Sloan got the better hand. He picked Duke up and slammed him onto a hard oak table. The damn thing groaned, and so did Duke as Sloan went to town on his face.
Guards poured in, and Colin recognized Malach in the lead. “Enough!”
The guards broke the two guys up, their bodies straining to have one more go at each other. Both had bloody knuckles and cuts and marks over their bodies as they were dragged away.
Sloan turned and yelled back. “No one touches him, Knox. Watch him!”
Knox came closer to Colin.
“Was he talking about me?”
“Yeah, he was talking about you.” Knox shoved the other guy that had come over to Colin with Duke. The other glared but moved on, leaving the cafeteria altogether.
“Why?”
“I have no idea why. You can talk to him about that later. Sloan will most likely be in lockdown for the rest of the day.”
Oh, Colin would most definitely be talking to Sloan. He wanted to know if there was some strange pull coming from his side too.
Chapter Three
Feeling a hand push into his back, Sloan stumbled into his cell. Turning, he glared at Malach. They had become friends in this place. There really was no division between the guards and residents. Guards were only there to help them get through this time in their life.
Sloan knew he'd fucked up big time, so it was no shock when Malach shook his head at him.
“You can’t be working yourself up today. You’re shit at shifting, and this is going to make your night hell. I’ve told you time and again to stay away from Duke. He and his friend Cass are both assholes. Bad pack they come from.” Malach leaned on the frame of the bar door, crossing his arm.
“I didn’t want him anywhere near Colin.”
“You know Colin?” Malach stood up straight.
“Well, no, but I heard you talk to him last night. Watched him.”
“Creepy.” Malach chuckled softly.
“Thanks. It’s not like I feel weirded out by it or anything. Guy probably thinks I’m some sociopath.”
“No. I think Colin was worried when we dragged your ass off. Now, go and rest. You know it's protocol that we have to keep you in lockdown all day. Try to meditate and calm down.” Malach stood back and closed the door, leaving the steel bars between them.
“You know that meditation shit doesn’t work for me. Never has and never will.”
Malach eyed him in concern. “Then, try to think of something that will calm you and your wolf down to prepare for tonight. Don’t want this incidence to cause you any more pain than you are already going to have to go through.”
Sloan had nothing to say to that. He wasn’t sure if this incident would cause his body to feel like it was being ripped apart. Walking back to his mattress, he slumped down onto it, lying on his back and scrubbing his face with his hands. Man, he