The massive wolf leaps at Ava with uncanny speed, its jaws gaping wide to reveal rows of wicked fangs. Time seems to slow in that endless, horrific moment. I can only watch, paralyzed, as the monstrous beast's claws stretch out towards the helpless girl.
"NO!"
The anguished scream tears itself from my very soul. But it's not me who cries out - it's Tessa. With a burst of preternatural swiftness, she hurls herself directly into the wolf's path.
Beast and woman collide in a snarling, thrashing knot. Razor-sharp claws rip into soft flesh as Tessa grapples with the snarling creature, trying in vain to shield the cowering Ava.
More wolves bound forward, joining the fray in a frenzy of tooth and talon. Tessa fights with the ferocity of a wild thing, but she's hopelessly overpowered and o
