Her Wolf Protector

underneath a tree?" The voice sound

f hiding instead of coming in for her? The werewolves hunting her didn't seem like the subtle type. Al

egun to understan

voice was deep but also alluring.

he asked. Then she heard hi

nd screamed. He'

roll away from him but in her panic, she didn't realize how close she was to the trunk of the fallen

seconds before when he thought all he had come across was a peculiar girl in a remote part of an equally rem

this command of his struck her as offensi

ill trying to edge herself away from

will rip you limb from limb," he explained, his voice st

you?" s

a distraction and you are going to find a better place to hide. The trick with the mud was impressive but it's fallen mostly off your b

helping me?

sly, devilish smile. "Because I hate him and his entire kingdom. They're nothing but unhinged, psychot

helping me, you don't mean to get rid

me," he answered. She imagined him with that devilish grin again. "For someone

aided my village, burned it to the ground, and slaughtered everyone in it

ponded thoughtful

ength in her rescuer immediately as he pulled her out with ridiculous ease. One second she was safe and securely hidden and the next she was

tly as possible," the man explained, his dark,

est like this was absurd. She even imagined him with a fancy gold pocket watch, its gold chain draping from a buttonhole and into the pocket where it lived. He'd also been dark of hair with a streak of gray and a pointed goatee. In reality, her savior was less dapper and more sensible. He wore a pair of thick, denim pant

the man told her

ee, the werewolf pack that burned down her village found the

, stepping out from behind a tree a dozen o

guy and his eyes narrowed

e snarled. The others with him fanned out, each

I came across the scent of a rabid animal. Had to se

at that moment but she was reasonably sure her mind was starting to sort of shut down. Or something like that.

othing to do with you," Drake said, letting his body drop into a sort of hunched-over crouch. He held both han

Drake. "You want to risk all-out war with both my kingdom and the human kingdom

sprout more hair. His nose and mouth gradually elongated. He was shifting and as he did, the harsh grow

ch too. His eyes flashed with amber light

o then,"