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Chapter 11
“Where do we go now?”My words rushed out, and I clasped on to Oryn’s arm. I hated this vulnerability thing and being naked wasn’t helping in the slightest. If I’d had my bag, I’d use my citrus spray on the encroaching wolves to buy ustime.
Oryn and I pressed together, back to back, and an icy wind curled through my hair. Three wolves surrounded us, the forest on one side and a sharp cliff overlooking the river on theother.
Already I felt Oryn’s skin twitching. While he might fight one or two, another wolf was bound to get me. Why did everything in the Den try to kill me at every turn? I wasn’t sure I’d ever feel safe going through a forest alone again if I ever got out of thisalive.
A charge zipped up my spine, and I snapped around. Oryn had transformed into his wolf form… the sensation tingling along my flesh akin to how my ability affected me. Did the shifters use enchantment to transform? It might explain why both Oryn and Nero had responded to mytouch.
He nudged his head against my thigh. With the woods at my rear, I swung my attention left and right to the wolves on either side of us. My breaths sped, and I scanned the ground for something to defend myself with… twigs and pebbles.Great.
With a sudden grunt, the animal on my right charged. Irecoiled.
Oryn pivoted and tore at the foe, leaving me with the other two beasts inching towardme.
My mouth dried, and I couldn’t swallow. Leaping off the cliff sounded more enticing by the moment. Oryn and his attacker rolled across the grass, one of themyelping.
“Oryn!”
Ibackpedaled.
A snarl erupted behindme.
Every hair on my body stood on end.Heavens, please just this once, give me abreak.
I gawked at the two approaching fiends. Behind me, an enormous white wolf crouched between two overgrown shrubs. My heart drummed so loud, Itrembled.
But when the newcomer tilted his head in my direction and pointed his chin behind him, a move I’d have expected someone to use when telling me to move out of the way, reality crashed into me. The white fur. Not striking when he’d snuck up onme.
Nero!
A cry of happiness gurgled on mythroat.
The tapping of paws on soil found me. I spun as the two wolves charged for me, fur bristled, fangsexposed.
Shuddering, I jerked around and darted past Nero and into thewoodland.
Growls exploded behindme.
I spun, fistsraised.
Nero fought both wolves, biting down on the back of an animal’s neck, the other he kicked in the face with a leg. The second one leaped toward him, and Neroyelped.
My heart dropped to my feet, and before I could think straight, I was running tohim.
But a black blur zipped from the left and crash-tackled the animal, freeing Nero. It was Oryn, and now both jumped into the brawl, driving the attacking hounds out of the woods. The one from under Nero whined and retreated, scramblingaway.
Oryn had his wolf pinned down, his jaws latched on the animal’s throat. He released a thunderous growl and looked myway.
Unable to move, I wasn’t catching up with what he was doing or implying. When the wolf flinched, it hit me… Our discussion in the cave about him capturing a wolf to discover if my ability could aid them to transformback.
I rushed closer and crouched behind the animal, then called to my power. The spark of energy flared, and I laid a hand on his furryrump.
Wewaited.
Nothing, so I rubbed my hand across thefur.
The white energy lines sparked.Yes.
