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I stood there in shock for several long, drawn out seconds, trying to absorb exactly what was happening. With everything that had occurred in the last few days my mind was overwhelmed, and the cowardly part of me just wanted to shut everything down, return to my house, and sleep.
But I couldn't.
My Wolf jerked me out of my moment of self-pity when she snarled, loud and clear, in the back of my mind, Our Mate! Go to our Mate!
Maria had made her way over to me and was staring at the swelling lump on my face with an expression akin to horror. "Skylar…I can't believe he hit you…." She turned to her father. "What are we going to do?"
I didn't hear what Jack said as I felt the blood rushing through my veins and my head started pounding. My Wolf wanted to take over so we could Shift
