(AXELS POV)
I cursed under my breath, staring out the door at the swirling dust that Ivys' paws had kicked up. Without a second of deliberation, I let the towel drop from my waist as I tore out the door after her.
The shift came on so suddenly, my wolf must have forced it past me. One moment, man, the next, a cunning beast driven by instinct. My heartbeat pounded furiously behind my breastbone, in perfect sync with the heavy thuds of my paws. Tearing forward through the bush, I kept hot on her scent, eyes, and ears alert for the slightest shift in direction.
The scent waned, and I dug my heels in, spinning across the forest floor in my sudden attempt to stop. I paused and c****d a large ear. Soft and broken panting came from about three hundred feet to the right. The large mass in my t
