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That’s not enough.

This is a life and death matter. I give into my wolf’s base desire for blood. I go directly for his neck while he’s distracted. My sharp incisors slice through muscle and flesh. I twist my head this way and then the other.

The wolf goes limp.

I free him from my jaw, and he falls to the floor with a thud. I don’t spare him one thought before starting for the door.

That’s when a series of threatening growls sound off.

Horror crashes through my limbs. My body stiffens before I slowly turn around to peer over my shoulder. Two more wolves have entered the room from the back door. They’re larger and from the way they bare their teeth, even more vicious than the wolf that just attacked me.

A whimper involuntarily falls from my mouth.

Another noise behind me catches my attention. I peer ahead of me to find two more wolves entering the other opened door. My parents are nowhere in sight.

Every inch of my body quakes in fear. I’m strong all on my own, but I’m not strong enough to take on four wolves alone.

I peer over at Chance, still lying unconscious on the table.

Please wake up. I need you.

He probably can’t hear me, but my instinct is to call on him. We’re both done for if these wolves have their way.

Help.

I whine one last time before turning my attention back on the wolves who entered from the back. They’re the most vicious-looking. Knowing there’s no other option, I step back at an angle so that I have both sets of wolves in my line of sight.

One of the feral-looking wolves barks and then howls. It’s some sort of battle cry.

I brace myself and decide which of the wolves I’m going to go for first.

Just then, a thunderous growl from the table behind me catches my attention. A look up fills my eyes with the most incredible sight.

Chance rises from the table, his eyes glowing, incisors bared and his long, dark hair streaming over his chest. One of his arms yanks the silver chain out of its holder.

He looks like a beautiful warrior.

In a move laced with both grace and incredible danger, he leaps from the table and shifts from human to his wolf in mid-air. Pieces of his shredded clothing fall around me like ashes from a flame and he lands on his paws directly between me and the four vicious wolves.

My heart squeezes when all four leap in his direction at once.

CHAPTER 34

Chance

I aim directly for the neck of the first bastard wolf that rushes toward me. Though he’s thick, it’s nothing for my incisors to cut through the protective material of his fur and skin to tear through his throat.

Within seconds of awakening, I’ve gotten rid of one of the wolves that tried to attack my mate.

Stay behind me!

I tell Emery when she swats at one of the wolves who snaps at me.

I have to help you.

No! Stay behind me,I order before I use my body to push away one of the wolves who tries to run around me to get to her.

My only motive right now is to keep my mate safe. I hate myself for not waking up sooner. Moreover, for not realizing we were walking into a trap as soon as we entered her parents’ home.