LOVE IN THE DARK CHARMED LOVE

a way to escape,

Beneath the light of the moon, he

had been knocked out of her. No matter what she di

– anything that would keep her on her feet. It was impossible to tear he

shoulders, making him seem even more feral than he already did. He sto

eyes drew her in – coaxin

in her. She could not still the trembling as h

eat radiating from his body. Her eyes were drawn to the si

his firm thigh forcing her legs apart. T

she could feel his sharp teeth s

uming heat. Her need for him erupted into so

at he could do to her, but her body betrayed her. Like an animal, insti

eatened to overwhelm her entire being. It was only the pain of his teeth nipping a

r how hard she tried, she could not hold on to him. The visi

es flutte

with the need her

ing had aw

t into a sitting position. Sleeping in the front seat of her car was probably not

She was in the middle of nowhere - som

but more of a pull off with

the rocky cliffs to the east. Lupa noted that it had mo

uld make it the rest of the way to Howlingwater. The last thing she needed was to

r dreams were haunted by visions of Caleb. It had been months since she'd left the Navajo Reservation. She'd hoped

rofile didn't surprise her, consider

t he at least sent w

rowl sent shards of

from just ou

rst all she could see were shadows, b

umped into

wding in on her - memories that she'd spent the last several months trying to forget. He

arned her t

he alpha wolf do his knees, even if that meant

rve her purpose. Killing her would di

tion to find him, but then Trent Metzger had called and asked for h

with it, and though she might be

e commonly known as Shapechangers. In fact, most people on the

ers of the dark arts. According to legend, the Tchin'dih were demons that possess

echangers, but he hadn't

Lupa decided to make the trip back to A

tion brought back all he

iety was causing her min

really anything out

breathe, Lupa tri

s not

they could have t

a f

arls. Something crashed against

terror, but quickly clasp

nothing but to let them know she was afraid. The Shap

ad to

to scare her. If they terrorized her,

he ignition. Nothing happened. Th

ething to her car

y found her

cked up her trail and followed her after she'd crossed onto the reser

sets of eyes staring at her from the darkness. These were not

he full moon, and although the Sinapu were in hum

The thought had just formed when the passenger side door was ripped from its hinge

self, but nothing she did made a diff

rity when she realized that thes

form, would they also l

eeched, kicking wild

pulled her across the tiny pa

ighting. She h

hreds yet, so maybe they

weren't even wearing shoes to protect their feet, but this didn't seem to faze them.

After walking for less than an hour

rness. Slowly the sagebrush gave way to pines a

nd her in such

probably come to the conclusion that she'd been abducte

e best detectives on the force, he would assume she'd fallen

ed she would be the downfall of the Sinapu and the Navajo people. The Si

what was happening.

spered the small

to remember he was their leader. It was

to that? How far would he go to

age she couldn't understand. Although Lupa didn't know much of the Navajo languag

me to wonder why they'd brought her to a cabin, they started walking again. Even viewing the ca

u weren't about to go through the trouble of providing light.

k, she could see that there was a

n nudged her

leb!" Lupa yelled at their

s glance over their s

heard by anyone else. Her current situation reminded her of Lucy, her biological mother. The Shapechangers had held her pr

was something evil about her. It sure seemed that the people around her met tragic endings. First her

rth to her. No one knew for sure if Lucy died from giving birth, or if th

ll of the alpha, which in turn would bring down the Sinapu. If they succeeded, the Shapechangers

n for the purpose of witching the alpha, but not all had gone as planned. The Shap

less of the fact that their chances for a

e window. They were still out there - still guarding the only exit. There was the option of simply opening the door and making

stay awake - tried to come up with some kind of escape plan, lack of