Chapter 12
Or, rather, I attempted to leap into the fray. But before I could take more than a single step, a hard hand came around from behind and knocked the sword out of my grasp to clatter uselessly against the nearest wall.
Meanwhile, and far too belatedly, I smelled a second werewolf. His scent was vaguely familiar as his arm clamped itself around my neck just tightly enough to restrain without cutting off all access to air. But I didn’t have the time or space to analyze his identify further at the present moment.
“Call off your dog,” my assailant whispered into my ear, forcibly turning my entire body so I stood between him and my armed human partner. Using me as a shield was a smart move, I had to admit, because Robert’s eyes were wide and his breathing echoed loudly off the round
