Storm Panic took over before I could even think. The moment my wolf screamed Mate!, every survival instinct I possessed kicked into overdrive. I ripped my arm free from Leah’s grip and ran. I didn’t stop to think. I didn’t stop to explain. I just ran as if my life depended on it. Because, as far as I was concerned, it did. I launched myself across the soaked ground, shifting into my wolf as I ran. My paws hit the earth, and suddenly I was moving faster than my human legs ever could. Behind me, I could hear the girls shouting. “Lena! Stop!” “Come back!” But I couldn’t. I wouldn’t. My mate was twenty-four years older than me. Twenty-four! And he was an Alpha. Not just any Alpha. Alpha Doyle. The man whose reputation for killing rogues was known throughout the werewolf worl

