She moaned feebly. Her vision dimmed again, and she faded into unconsciousness......

Fresh pain quickly brought her around. Her body jerked upward and flopped back as something tugged at her chest. Her eyes flickered open.

The werewolf had severed her other breast with his talons; it sat in a bloody heap on the leathered palm of a huge paw. He held it out to her, taunting her, so she could get a good look at it.

Then he raised the bloody lump of flesh to his mouth and plunged his fangs into it.

Brianna turned her head to one side and threw up blood.

She lay back sobbing, drifting toward...