**Bang!**
The c***k echoed like thunder between the rooms, yanking me back in horror. Blood sprayed across the screen, and there—staring back with eyes wide and unblinking—was Molly, gone forever.
"Molly!!!" My scream tore out raw, lunging me at the monitor as my heart flatlined, seizing up cold.
The feed jittered wild on the other end, Stuart's curse cutting through before it blinked to black.
Nancy jolted up from her spot, but her face twisted not in shock—in pure annoyance. "That little b***h picks *now* to check out? What if Stuart's scarred for life, can't even mount another she-wolf without flinching?"
I whipped around, locking eyes on her, a blaze roaring up from my gut—wildfire chewing through every scrap of sense, every thread of soul I had left.
Before anyone could blink, I
