From Rejected Luna To Lycan Queen (Eloise and Edward) novel Chapter 345

Chapter 345 Jaydens

ZARA.

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The comment pissed me off. Without a second thought, I dumped the pitcher straight into his stupid fucking face before slamming it back down on the table.

What is it with men thinking our clothes are an invitation to be assholes?

“It’s a fucking work uniform, you piece of shit.”

That finally did it.

Chairs screeched when all four of them shot to their feet. My hand dipped into my bra and came back with my knife. The weight of it steadied me. A reminder I wasn’t helpless anymore, and I would never be again.

Jayden wiped beer from his eyes and bared his teeth. “You crazy fucking bitch. You’ll pay for that.”

They surged forward. One shoved the table aside. Another cracked his knuckles. They spread out, a loose semicircle, boxing me in.

“Zara,” Beth whispered.

But I couldn’t take my eyes off the threat in front of me.

Fuck.

I really needed to stop putting myself in stupid situations. I lifted the blade higher. I wasn’t backing down.

Sorry Ray. You might fire me for this one.

“What are you gonna do with that?” Frat–Boy sneered. “You gonna stab all of us?”

“If I have to.”

“Then you better hope I don’t take it from you,” John shot back, stepping closer.

“Uh…Daniel?” one of his friends muttered.

He scoffed. “What, you’re scared of a five–foot–nothin‘ psycho with a pocket knife?”

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“No, but–Daniel.”

“What?” he snapped, finally following their stare.

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He went still. They all did. That was when I felt the heat at my back. My spine went rigid. The four men in front of me paled, their gazes lifting and locking somewhere over my shoulder.

Someone had stepped up behind me, close enough that the near touch alone sent my heart rate into overdrive. I inhaled sharply, dragging in his scent without even meaning to.

Cinnamon. Darkness. And most importantly, cold. I felt cold, the room felt it because everybody started rubbing their arms. This felt familiar.

My reaction intensified instantly. A low, deep ache bloomed in my stomach and slid downward, settling between my thighs, warm and pulsing.

What the hell?

I had never reacted to anyone like that before. Not from proximity alone.

My hands balled into fists at my sides. I gripped the knife tighter, grounding myself in the hard press of metal against my palm. Anything to steady the confusing rush of heat flooding through me.

Then the man behind me growled.

Actually fucking growled.

The vibration shot straight through my spine and stoked the pleasure higher, tightening it until my knees nearly buckled.

What. The. Fuck.

Yeah.

I needed to turn around and tell this guy to back up. Or run. Or…something.

“I’d like to see you try and take that knife from her, Daniel.” His deep voice promised violence. That voice.

Beth gasped. Her hands flew to her mouth, eyes locked over my shoulder too, her face paler than usual.

“You’re-”

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Her lips parted, breathing in sharp bursts.

What was she freaking out about?

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“I’m just a stranger who stepped in to help. That’s all. You’re safe.”

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Beth blinked. Her shoulders eased, grip loosening, confusion washing over her features as the panic faded. She nodded faintly, gaze dropping to the floor, like whatever she’d almost said no longer mattered.

My body betrayed me and leaned back–just barely. Like his words had affected me too.

That was fucking weird.

I didn’t have time to think about it before he spoke again.

“Sit.”

The men dropped into their chairs instantly at his command. Beth too, at the table to my left. I took a step toward her, intending to take a seat. But a warm hand settled on my lower back, stopping me from moving.

“That command was not meant for you, pookie,” he murmured, his warm breath tickling my neck. Him!!!! The man with the white hair. What the fuck?

Daniel snarled. “This is bullshit! You fucking slut, you’ll pay—

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He didn’t get to finish his threat. One second the heat was steady at my back, the next Daniel’s head was being smashed into the table with a crack that cut through the entire bar. Blood splattered across the wood as his nose broke upon impact.

“Call her a slut one more time, I dare you.”

The room went silent.

Beth sat stiff, eyes glassy at the next table. Whatever this guy said had affected her. I frowned, not liking that at all.

Finally I forced myself to look at this mystery man and couldn’t suppress the small gasp that slipped out. Even hunched over Daniel, he was massive.

Broad shoulders straining worn leather, arms thick and steady like it had taken no effort at all to slam a grown man face–first into oak. He was easily a foot taller than me and wide as fuck, the kind of man who demanded attention without even trying.

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He wore dark and ironed suit that made him seem out of place. He looked like someone that should be in a corporate setting just like how he dressed to the ball. His white hair was packed to the back in a bun with a five–o’clock shadow that outlined a hard jaw. Full lips set in a line that promised trouble. He looked like a biker you wouldn’t survive running into in a dark alley.

His entire presence screamed don’t fuck with me.

I should’ve been afraid. Instead, heat curled low in my stomach.

Again.

Jesus Christ, Zara. You seriously need mental help if violence is turning you on. Bloom would’ve had a field day with this. Too bad tomorrow I’d be confessing it to strangers instead.

But it wasn’t just the violence. It was him.

Why had he stepped in to defend me?

No one had ever done that before.

Heat flared thick and heavy between my thighs.

He smirked, nostrils flaring. For a split second, his eyes flashed red–bright and molten. I blinked and the red I thought I’d seen vanished and in its place were the darkest brown I’d ever

seen.

He tightened his grip on the back of Daniel’s neck until Daniel whimpered.

“Apologize.” His voice was deep. Controlled.

His gaze never left mine and I was trapped in their dark depths. Unable to look away.

“S–sorry.”

The stranger’s hand flexed again. “What was that, Daniel? It’s loud in here. Speak directly to Beth.”

Daniel coughed, blood streaking his lip. “I’m sorry, Beth.”

His gaze flicked to Beth’s then returned to mine, giving me a second to breathe. I slid my knife back into my bra, suddenly aware of how shallow my breathing had become. Not from fear. From something hot and wild that I didn’t have the mental capacity to name at the moment.

Dark eyes pinned me again. I could drown in those eyes.

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“Satisfied?” the man asked me.

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