“MARCUS!”
Charlie shouted a warning to the new Silver Claw Alpha as his attacker soared towards him. Everything slowed down for her as she helplessly watched from too far away to help. Marcus frowned at her call, peering down at the still, black wolf beneath him, checking he was dead, before meeting her eyes again. A question was forming on his lips.
“MOVE” She almost screamed as the gap between the vulnerable flesh of his neck and the razor-sharp claws narrowed.
Tearing her hand from Isla’s, who could now only look on in horror, Charlie bolted forward, faster than she had ever moved before. Her heart pounded with each footstep but she daren’t blink, afraid that if she looked away, it would all be over. Life could be taken in a single moment, all their hard work could be stripped a
