"I'll watch over them and make sure they get back to their rooms," Alaric told him, and before he could go after them, Asher grabbed him and held him back.

"No, you won't," his beta looked at him in disbelief.

"You're going to let them leave together, Alpha? They're dangerous enough on their own, what do you think they'll do if they ally against us?"

Asher growled and grabbed his best friend's shirt. "How dare you question my orders?" he hissed in a commanding tone that Alaric couldn't argue with.

He didn't like using his Alpha authority on his Beta. They had been friends since childhood, he trusted him and...