When I realized that sharp claws and fangs were coming straight for me, I was too weak to mind link back.

I squeeze my eyes shut as tightly as I can to prepare myself for the anguish that is almost certainly going to follow. I finally opened my eyes and saw what was making that whimpering sound.

The brown wolf positioned itself. I am startled into looking up as I feel a wet arm draped over my shoulder. When I turned back, the Alpha was drenching with blood. Tina nibbled the crook of his arm.

"She wasn't even shifted!" he yells, his voice so full of fury that it chills...