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Animal and car hit. Brakes squealed. Metal shrieked. Glass shattered. And the vehicle, a big, black SUV—pretty damned similar to Dee’s, just a different color—swerved off the road and plowed into a line of trees.
“Shit!”Dee jerked off her belt and sprang from the vehicle.
Wind shot into the SUV from Dee’s open door, and Erin’s eyes widened as she caught a distinct scent.No.“Dee! Dee, stop!” She clawed through her own seat belt and jumped out, her heart racing. “Don’t get close, it’s?—”
“Holy Christ!”
She hadn’t even known the woman was religious.
* * *
“You know, if he were awake, Kyler would be a hell of a lot more useful.” Zane grimly eyed the demon on the floor. “Maybe you should have waited to bash his head untilafterwe got some more information.”
There was no more information to get. “The wolf isn’t here.” He’d been played.Played.And he’d left Erin alone. Jude grabbed his cell phone. Punched in her number.
One ring.
Two.
Then...damnCALLER NOT AVAILABLEmessage.
His fingers crushed the phone. Shit. “Try to get Dee,” he rumbled as his gaze raked the cabin. Minimal furnishings. A chair. A bed.Too much like my place.
Except for the framed picture of Erin.
Bastard.
“Ringing,” Zane announced, and Jude glanced back to see that the demon had his phone positioned at his ear.
“Tell her to get Erin inside my cabin and to lock the doors. We’re on our way.”
That picture...
He turned back around, slowly, and paced across the room.
Her hair was longer. She was smiling and walking in what looked like some kind of park.
“No answer.”
Jude reached for the frame. He traced the busted glass. It looked like someone had shoved a fist into the picture.
“We’ve got a big problem.” He looked up at Zane.No answer.Their eyes met. The broken glass bit into his hand, sending droplets of blood onto the picture.
Onto Erin.
* * *
Blood was in the air. Thick and strong and so sickeningly fresh.
“I think the bastard is dead!” Dee scrambled to a stop near the middle of the road, right before the prone body of the giant black wolf.
“Get back!” Erin screamed, running as fast as she could. An injured wolf was dangerous.Anywolf was dangerous, but an injured beast would rip and tear anything in its path.
With a burst of speed, she reached the human and jerked her back.
“Erin, stop! The wolf is barely breathing. It’s over, you’re?—”
Erin shoved Dee away. A safe distance behind her. Then she fell to her knees beside the wolf.So much blood. A snarl rumbled in the beast’s throat even as the creature bared its teeth.
