[oh, that's good. Keep that up. Sam relaxes into his touch, closing his eyes again]

...Well, we were there in the first place 'cause some vampire bastard took Emma for his pet. Things just went downhill from there. And it was just... one more incident where people were tryin' to take advantage of shifters, of me and my family [and the word is out smoothly, without doubt or notice] and I was fuckin' tired of it. We aren't fuckin' pets or freaks for humans to take potshots at or someone for the goddamn werewolves to kick around whenever they want to throw their weight around. And here was one more goddamn fanger lookin' at my mate and her daughter like they were just some problem she could do away with.