Caesar began to breathe unsteadily, still holding onto Adeline's arm.
Nikolai and Yuri, who seemed to have an idea of what was going on, grimaced helplessly. There was nothing they could do to help him, other than to stand and watch.
If only Adeline knew what she was to him or the mate bond thing, she would have been able to help him by calming down for the both of them. That was the only way—by the act of trying to keep one's emotions in place.
Caesar's alpha was in distress at that moment, and if one listened closely, one could hear him whimpering, not in fear but in unbearable pain.
"Sir…" Yuri was getting afraid and unable to take it anymore, he rushed forward to help in any way possible, but he, however, halted on his track, eyes flying wide open.
Caesar had pulled Adeline onto him, hugging her so tightly that it looked as if he could almost squash her. It was with so much affection oozing from him—something Yuri had never seen in the supreme alpha before.
