"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to," Alexis began begging, cupping her hands at him. "I hadn't meant to hurt her. It was—-"
"Who are you?"
That momentarily made her pause, eyes fluttering in confusion. "Huh? W-what do you mean?"
"Keelion Fane that I know is a man who would never let you off for putting your hand on a woman, on an omega as a beta. But he hasn't done anything, said a word, or even visited Althea. Don't you think something is off?" Augustus slammed both hands on the wall on either side of her head. "I told you that I didn't care what relationships you had with him, but I also didn't want you putting him on the spot."
Alexis swallowed.
"Do you know what will happen if words get out there of what had happened? His substitute mate was harmed by a beta, and the alpha is instead protecting the beta? Even if not to his face, they will criticize him, they will doubt him regardless of how he'd never given them a reason to doubt him for eighteen years and counting."
