The men had no time to react before Hunter pounced. The one on the left of her dove out of the way, shifting mid-air into a silver wolf. He lunged for Hunter, but Hunter dodged with effortless precision. Kenzie stumbled backward, heart hammering, eyes wide. She tripped over a stone and hit the ground hard, landing on her butt with a startled cry. But she couldn't move—too afraid, too frozen. Her entire body trembled as she watched Hunter now face both wolves at once. He was larger than both of them—towering, deadly, like a predator sizing up his prey. Her pulse roared in her ears. Hunter struck first. He lunged at the silver wolf, sinking his teeth into its neck. The brown one—Kenzie recognized him in that moment. He was the one who’d attacked her on the bus. The one who murdered Summer

