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Why the fuck had she chosennowto run? When Louisa was gone?
I leapt in front of her. She came to a halt, her eyes wide and terrified, and slipped. She landed heavily on her side, rolling to shield Dylan.
She looked frantically up toward the road. “Help me!”
I started to shift back, desperate to talk to her.
But the next second, something barreled into me.
The rogue.
I’d been so focused on the tiny trail of scent she’d left that I hadn’t realized the rogue’s scent trail was new, not old. I flew sideways, driven by the rogue.
He snarled at me as he leapt to pin me, but I dodged to one side. The two of us faced each other, both of us snarling.
The rogue stood his ground, teeth bared, hackles raised. I growled deeply, my voice reverberating in the clearing. All I wanted was to run after Amelia, but I couldn’t turn my back on this rogue. He would attack me then move on to Amelia.
The image of her being ripped open by the rogue rose strongly in my vision, even as she was racing frantically toward the road.
The rogue and I circled each other, then he lunged, claws outstretched. I leapt back back, barely dodging the attack as the rogue's claws raked through my fur.
I lunged, teeth bared and snarling. I crashed into the rogue, knocking him to the ground. The rogue rolled, snapping at my face. Pain burned through my face before I realized I was bleeding. The rogue had managed to draw blood, but at least he had missed my eyes; I could’ve lost an eye to his fangs.
I snapped at the rogue's throat, but the rogue was too quick. He rolled away and launched himself at me again. As his teeth locked on my shoulder, sharp pain ripped through my shoulder. I turned and sank my teeth into his throat, and the two of us slammed into the ground, ripping at each other.
He leapt up and frantically scrambled away.
I backed away, blood dripping from my mouth.
He lunged again and we clashed in a flurry of teeth and claws. Blood streamed from my shoulder, and my muscles responded more slowly to each attack. As the rogue’s fangs flashed in the darkness, the sudden reality I could die here, tonight, rose in my mind.
I could die with Amelia thinking I hated her.
Suddenly, the rogue broke away. He streaked away into the darkness.
I staggered toward the road just in time to see headlights racing away into the night.
Amelia was gone.
My mate was gone.
She had to be my mate. I couldn’t understand how, but her loss ripped through my chest, more powerful than the rogue’s fangs.
I raced after the car, feeling more blood pump from my body with every desperate leap forward. I had to catch her.
Only one thought pulsed through my mind now.
Mate.
CHAPTER53
Amelia
I scrambledup the embankment to the old stone bridge with Dylan’s feet kicking against my thighs with every movement. My heart beat wildly in my throat as I reached the car. Aiden was already out of the car, his eyes wide, racing toward me. He reached to grab Dylan from me, but my arms were locked around my little boy and I couldn’t have let go of him.
“Go, go, go!” I cried as soon as I reached the car and bundled Dylan inside, the two of us climbing into the rear seats. Aiden slammed the door shut. Rose looked back at me from the passenger seat, her eyes wide with fear.
Aiden didn’t question me. He leapt into the driver’s seat and threw the car into gear. We lurched forward, hurtling over the narrow little bridge and driving desperately down the narrow road.
