Elaina
He stepped forward with his claws already forming. His teeth were sharp. His grin was cruel. The other warriors behind him were shifting halfway, their bones cracking into wolf shapes, their shadows stretching across the floor like monsters.
I froze with the scalpel still inside Aiden’s chest. If they attacked now, both of us would die. Aiden would bleed out. I would be ripped apart. And Troy, even though he was strong, could not fight all of them at once.
My wolf rose inside me like a wave of fire. She bared her teeth. She snarled in my head. She told me not to step back. Not to run. Not to leave him.
But my hands were tied. If I moved too fast, I would cause a fatal cut. If I moved too slow, the warriors would reach me first.
Everything felt like it happened in one long, terr
