Page 299 of Knot What I Expected

His momentum carries him forward anyway.

“ROWAN!”

He doesn't stop. My mate fucking roars. Monster’s claws flash.

Just once.

They tear across Ethan’s face. Again. Across his throat.

Flesh opens.

Blood erupts.

Ethan’s expression goes slack with shock as his head separates from his body.

It hits the ground first.

His body follows.

For half a heartbeat, I stare.

Ethan.

Dead.

The nightmare I spent years running from is lying at my feet.

I should feel free. I should feel relief.

Instead—Rowan sways.

My happiness lasts less than a second.

“Rowan?”

Monster collapses.

“No.”

His transformation begins before he hits the ground.

Fur recedes.

Bones shift.

The enormous Wolf disappears.

And Rowan lies naked in the blood-soaked dirt.

Motionless.

“No.”

I drop beside him.

“ROWAN!”

There’s a hole in his chest. Right over his heart. Blood pumps sluggishly from the wound.