Chase's lackeys didn't even have the dignity to come at him one at a time and the sound of grown men crying out in pain had never been so satisfying to Darian.
Jaxon woke up just at this moment, opening his eyes and looking around to see Leon with his arm wrapped around the neck of a struggling Midnight Pack warrior, a pile of knocked out werewolves around him.
The one in his chokehold soon went limp and Leon let him drop to the ground, stepping away to stretch his arms like all he had done was mere workout.
Darian cursed at the horrified expression on Jaxon's face. "Your timing isn't so great, babe." He muttered, holding on tight to him just in the case he decided to stomp across the training grounds to give Leon an earful.
Jaxon tried really hard to ignore the pet name, he wasn't going to be swayed by that so it was with red cheeks that he spluttered. "I thought we agreed that there would be no knocking people out!" He settled properly on Darian's legs to call out to Leon.
"Cherry!" Leon perked up at his voice, the predatory look on his face falling away. "You're awake!"
Theo just watched speechless, the rest of the warriors who weren't bleeding or unconscious on the ground in similar states.
The only people who could still use their voice boxes seemed to be just the three of them, Darian could understand that.
Jaxon however was having none of it. "Don't ignore what I just said."
Darian decided to stay out of the conversation, it was the best course of action.
"Even if they attacked first?" He pouted and Theo had a momentary existential crisis.
"Wait, what…" He started in disbelief only to get distracted when something caught his eye, he had no idea how he even noticed it, it wasn't flashy, neither was it in his line of sight.
A sickly ball of dread dropped to the pit of his stomach and he reacted without thinking, reaching out unconsciously. "Leon!"
Chase had recovered sufficiently and slinked into the cover of the trees while everyone else was distracted, he had shifted to reduce the damage on his body and bided his time till the perfect opportunity came for his attack.
Jaxon had caught a glimpse of him just as he made his move and immediately alerted Leon.
Darian felt his heart slow down as Leon's eyes widened, there was no way he could make it in time, no matter how fast he was.
He was already put at a disadvantage by having his back in the direction that Chase was attacking from.
Fuck, he had to do something, he didn't want to see what a heart broken Jaxon would look like.
Without thinking further, he picked up Jaxon from his legs to place carefully beside him before pushing off the log.
Leon barely jumped out of the way in time, catching himself from stumbling and in the next moment, he saw a fully shifted Darian flashing by him to take down Chase.
Perfect.
Theo placed his hands on his face in devastation, he had expected pretty big things from the quiet werewolf but not a wolf this big, what the fuck was even that?
Chase immediately submitted, anyone would would those giant ass canines mere inches from their throat, he was an asshole not dumb.
Leon took advantage of the ensuing chaos to strut over to Jaxon, a smug smile on his face when he finally got Jaxon to sit on him.
Jaxon however was in a world of worry, pushing his hair out of his face as he patted him down for injuries, too distracted to take in his current state of undress.
Darian raised up his head when he was certain that Chase wasn't going to try anything else, noting the very obvious absence of Leon.
The fucking dickface, he should have known, he had never managed to catch Leon offguard, and he was much faster and stealthier than the douchebag under him.
Hesitantly, he glanced in Jaxon's direction, Leon had tricked him!
If he wasn't in wolf form, he would be letting out a string of curses but he couldn't so instead he snarled out his disapproval, ignoring Chase who just curled in further on himself and the startled Warriors who flinched back at the powerful sound.
It caught Jaxon's attention who glanced over while Leon pretended to hear nothing, his gaze fixed on Jaxon who looked so cute even when he was confused.
He shifted back at this moment, anger darkening his eyes to a burnished silver, he was still glaring at Leon but there was no helping it.
Alpha Virgil had sent them both to work so he had to take over, it didn't mean that he had to be happy about it though. He was going to get Leon back for this.
Jaxon's eyes widened when Darian shifted, his eyes fixed on his bare upper body.
Realising he was ogling, he shook his head slightly to dispel dirty thoughts, he could barely walk straight and yet here he was, drooling already.
He whipped his head around to escape the onslaught on his senses only to look up at Leon staring down at him with hooded eyes, electric blue eyes staring right through him.
With horrible timing, the realisation that Leon was just as half naked as Darian hit him and his cheeks heated up.
Not to mention his very questionable position on Leon, his legs were on either side of him, his body pressed up against his with his hands thrown around his broad shoulders.
He averted his eyes from Leon's intense gaze, his hands sliding down to try to put some distance between them.
Leon caught wind of this and immediately grabbed his wrists to place his hands back where they were around his shoulders.
He possessively placed a hand around his waist while he cupped his face to make Jaxon look up at him.
If he weren't already sitting, his knees would have buckled beneath him.