The Moonlit Heiress
Clara's chest against her chest. The shadows alive, reaching, twisting in pale light given off from street lamps
es rolled up, almost as if bracing for a fight. Yet it wasn't his movements that unsettled her; it
e whispere
into the clear night air-the black fur smudging into a black silhouette in the darkness-much larger than a regular wolf, hi
rt pounding in her ears. This couldn't
n, to hide, but she could not wrench her gaze away. Alex didn't ret
ble happened: Ale
inted tips. Distorted, his face showed teeth bared as the jaw extended forward. The body contorted further, melting away from a humanoid
even bigger than the one across from him. Eyes of an othe
hite-knuckled into the edge of the table. Her mind fought desperate
is a
ling through the air as every movement in that space was
street, a blur of fur and teeth; the snarls shook Clara to her soul. She wanted to look away,
–an almost made violence amidst the mayhem speaking volumes about the power behind them. He wasn't fight
ore than a few minutes, but finally, the guttural roar sprang the wolf onto the wet earth w
al snarl, Alex let it go, stepping back as it struggled to its feet. The defeated wolf cast one last look in Clara's direction, yell
er face bright red hot from the sight of him shirtless and skin shining with beads of sw
ere inside, Clara
ing the words out in a rush. "What are you
tired look in his eyes.
on. "You don't get to play the mysterious protector anymore. I just wat
ough his hair. "I told you th
antly her voice cracked. "I have the right to
ures in that fleeting moment. "You're right,"
her chest lead-weighted wi
olution in his tone. "You gotta trust me, Clara. There
en again, one look in those eyes and it was a different ball game altoge
old shiver traced her spine. "Wh
just Clara James. You're something more, something dangerous. And like it or not, you'r
s phone jangled through the tense silence shri
his face hard as he
said, his vo
w clamped and his ey
if you come near her
e down and his hand
said in that low,
n?" Clara asked as fe
" Alex said with a grim f