A gunshot cracked through the air, splintering the tree beside them…but Ivy barely registered it because Axel was holding on to her… too tight. Too close. His body , shielding her. Then… BANG. Another shot. Axel tore away with a snarl, his eyes flashing in the dark…literally flashing, like twin pools of liquid mercury. Almost like those pictures ‘ red- eye effects’ in pictures. His pupils were slitted, well almost and his canines elongated into wicked points.Fangs.Like very prominent ones and long. “Seems like I am about to have a good time.” A bullet whizzed past Ivy’s ear. Axel moved. One second, he was in front of her. The next…he was everywhere. His body blurred…just a streak of pale skin and dark rage as he lunged at the nearest attacker. The man barely had time to scream

