CLAIMED BY THE ROGUE KING

o crawl away, but she was too fast. The first hit landed

hitting my legs, my arms, and my sides. Each blow ma

bbing me as deeply as the stick. "You'll neve

e her angrier. I curled up on the floor, trying to protect myself as best as I could.

en I thought she would never stop, she finally did. Breathing h

before turning on her hee

and I was too weak to stand. I just lay there on the cold floor, my

own my spine. I froze, my heart hammering in my chest. Something

e sight before me made my blood run cold. Chaos had erupted everywhere

heir blood pooling around them and staining the grass a deep red. My stoma

lack wolf, larger than any wolf I had ever seen, stood still in the middle of the chaos. Its dark f

e, as if they could see right through me. My heart pounded louder in my ears, drowning out the

pped in the nightmare unfolding around me. Then, a voic

my throat. I couldn't move. I was rooted to the spot, every instinct screaming for me to fle

and before I could even scream, I felt its teeth sink into my neck. A sharp, agonizing pain shot through me, and I cried out. Blood poure

The world seemed to go still for a moment. My head spun as I s

egan to shift. The transformation was quick and seamless, the

is dark hair messy but somehow fitting for his fierce look. His eyes, the same burning yellow

ying... but a

ked ground, but he grabbed me easily. Before I could prot

houted weakly, b

the screams of my pack fading behind us as he moved quickly toward the edge of the pack lands. My

e sleek black cars and threw me into the back seat like I was a rag doll. I landed hard, pain shooting

nt seat and slammed the door. The sound made me flinch. The

shboard lights, and his piercing eyes kept darting to the rearview mirror. Th

g," he said in a d

I don't have my wolf yet," I whisper

alt making me slide forward. My heart rac

ite me again? My body trembled as he climbed into the bac

rowled, his voice

my neck. His hot breath brushed against my skin, a

e. I gasped as a strange warmth spread through my body. The pain began to fade, a

y neck in disbelief. "What are y