Martin, Teya - Alpha [The Pack 3] (Siren Publishing Classic ManLove) by Teya Martin

were manhandling his mate, and his control snapped. With a loud snarl, Jacques took a running jump, landing on the medic and slamming him into the ground, knocking Toby and his brother off balance. Not even pausing to look at the man he’d jumped, Jacques twisted and threw himself at Spencer, grabbing him by the collar and hauling him to his feet. “You touched my mate,” he hissed, muscles tense as he barely held himself back from ripping the man’s throat out. “Jacques, no,” Toby gasped, reaching out to touch his ankle. “The police, Jacques, please. They’ll shoot you.” Only his mate’s touch and voice were enough to stop him, the pleading tone and the terror Jacques could feel in the boy, otherwise he would have killed Spencer without a second thought, the police be damned. He dropped Spencer and crouched down next to the boy, touching his cheek gently. “How can I let you go?” he whispered. “Because I need you to live,” Toby replied. “Don’t get yourself killed, please. I’ll die without you.” Jacques shuddered at the thought and bowed his head. “Very well, but I do not like it.” “Neither do I,” Toby said with a soft snort. “Take my cell, call Ty, and save me later, okay? I love you.” “Me, too,” Jacques sighed, slipping Toby’s phone into his pocket before standing up and slowly raising his hands as he backed away. A cop caught his hands and cuffed them behind his back, dragging him to one of the police cars as he watched the medic and Spencer put an unprotesting Toby in the back o