I bared my new teeth and growled. Joel's voice bellowed into my head, 'Run, I will send help to her. Save yourself. RUN.'

Oh, hell no, the wolf and I agreed. 'I am the Alpha here, Emily is my responsibility,' I thought back to him. I had to stay and fight.

'You are an Alpha in title only, mate,' he screamed into my mind, 'you have never fought a werewolf. Turn and run while you still can!'

His assessment was amusing to say the least. I was an Alpha, whether he knew it or not. My wolf seemed quite sure of that.

'You picked me,' I thought back to him,...