My wings emerged, and I took off after the running man. With the scientist part of my brain, I calculated the best angle to land on him to bring him to the ground and pin him so he wouldn"t fight back.
The gargoyle in me roared with the intent to destroy the threat to my mate. Hot rage bubbled up from the cauldron of my gut and engulfed me in prickly heat to the point my vision turned infrared. I"d heard of people"s vision going red with anger, but when it happened to me, a moment of surprise made me hesitate.
That cost me.
He ran into the woods, and I looked up to see the shimmering edge of the time bubble…and the trap that had been laid for me on the other side. I tried to twist and change direction, but that only made me spin through the barrier like a rock through plastic wrap, and
