Troubled Past to Perfect Future

Part 5

BRIAN'S POV

I can feel my senses go on edge as we pull into the crowd for the race.

"You ok, Bri?" Dom asks as I tense.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I say quickly, not wanting to cause any problems for Dom and his pack. I quickly get out of Dom's car before he can say anything else. I can quickly smell several alphas in the crowd, which sets me more on edge. Everyone is crowding around us and staring at us.

"Bri?" Dom asks, holding his hand out to me as he scans the crowd. I quickly walked over to him, and he wraps his arms around my waist, pulling me against him as several people push through the crowd and towards us.

"Who's the Snowman, Dom?" a Hispanic man asks.

"All you need to know, Hector, is that he is mine and to stay away from him," Dom growls out. Hector and an African American quickly step back.

"Chill, Dom. No one's going to lay a hand on your new boy toy," the African American says. I barely have time to process what the man said before Dom pushes me back towards the pack and has the man bent over the hood of the car, choking him. I feel someone steady me as I stare at Dom, eyes wide.

"Dom," Mia says, which makes me look to see her standing to my left with Letty on my right.

"Dom, enough," Letty says. Dom's only response is to growl at the man he is leaning over, which makes me take a step back and into someone.

"It's ok, Brian," Vince whispers into my ear. I turn and bury my face into Vince's chest as memories from my past start invading my mind.

"Leon, we need to stop Dom," Jesse says.

"Vince, hand Brian to the girls and Jesse, we need to stop him," Leon says. I quickly look up when I feel Vince move. I turn and watch as Vince and Leon walk over to where Dom is still growling at the man.

"Dom, let him go," Leon says.

"No one insults my mate," Dom growls, which makes me flinch.

"Dom, you are scaring Brian. Let Edwin go, now," Vince growls out, putting a hand on Dom's shoulder. I look away when Dom's head shoots up and looks my way.

"Bri," Dom says. A hand grasps my chin and makes me look up into Dom's concerned face. "I'm sorry, Bri. You want to go home?" I shake my head no quickly.

"I want to see you race," I say as Dom hugs me.

"The Snowman is your mate?" Hector asks. Dom glares at Hector for the Snowman bit and nods.

"I didn't mean to insult you or your mate, Dom," Edwin says.

"Let's get this race over with so we can party," Vince says, putting his hand on my shoulder.

"Bri, you stay with Vince and them. This will be over in no time, and we can go home," Dom says, kissing my forehead. When Dom, Hector, Edwin, and some other racers start talking about the race, I stand beside Vince, who is sitting on the hood of his car with Mia and Letty.

"You ok, Brian?" Vince asks. I nod as I watch Dom. "You seem lost in thought and are pretty scared. You want to talk about it?"

"I was just remembering something from my childhood. I'm not ready to talk about it yet," I say, looking at Vince.

"We all understand the crappy past. When you are ready to talk about it, we are all here for you," Vince says as Dom walks over.

"It's time to race. I'll see you at the finish line, Bri," Dom says, kissing my temple. I hop into Jesse's car as everyone gets their cars moved for the race.