Kodi Pov
Echo felt even smaller in my arms than she had the other day now that she was trying to catch her breath after nearly being crushed by the wolf and leaning on me heavily as I walked her back to Lyle’s cabin. Her running clothes were drenched in blood, but it was apparent that it was mostly from the wolf where Lyle had shot him.
Seeing Echo beneath that wolf had made my heart race. I was only beginning to get to know her, but there was something about her that made me feel like I couldn’t bear to lose her.
It had surprised me to see how well she had fared against a wolf nearly three times her size. When we pulled the wolf of her, I had been almost a hundred percent certain that I would be witnessing her last breath. Then she sat up as though she were merely a bit winded. Rather
