The Alpha Guardian

e Sangui

ching the side of his neck, the

oing t

He won't survive, not for more than a coupl

is made in a

over. He doesn't seem to recognize me because he immediately

you," I assure him, hold

ple footsteps has

eing c

" I say, urgently now, gra

le it terrifies me, the people who put him in

!" I hiss. Come o

ursuers aren't idiots. If they're nonhuman, they'll know exactly where he went. I shove the Alpha behind the counter, where he slumps to the paneled

down halfway, and as I'm doing so,

! Gi

nd see two burly-looking vampires

le to take on

ffs the air, and his lips curl. "Yo

" I ask i

toward me. "We know he's-" He cuts himself off abruptly. "I know you. You're f

of fear form

. He grew

the small scar on his rig

ought you were dead this whole time, maggo

tormenting me as much as he could. He and Clyde once broke my leg and threw me down an old well in the woods around our compound. I had been there for days, starved an

ve never liked

we grew up and my figure developed, my

y nose wrinkled in di

"The Alpha you're hiding, for starters. And then yo

and I got him in the throat. He clutches his neck, staggering back in sur

d other classes to make sure I'm never defenseless again. Of course, none of

d to finish the job before his neck heals. I move toward him, but my path is blocked by Mack. He

lling, and I can't

s out his stomach. I don't have time to be sick, because as I struggle to get to my feet, I see Droga running at me. I move to the s

g sound and falls

the remaining part of his throat

, I felt nauseous. At the same time, the

s d

of unspeakable torme

art of me wishes h

died knowing I h

, though, simply sniffing me. Not deeming me a threat, he giv

at there, stunned

street right in front of the shelter, the bodies on the ground.

wolf and then mutter, "First things first. H

es blank a

oods and bury them? How am I supposed to get them the

n't show up before I'v

human form was heavy, the

e time to sweep away the broken glass, and he was being dragged over it. "Sorry. "I'm so s

by the time he's fu

dies into the back of the shelter. There is a small yard there where we let the dogs out to play and do their business. I

they so

s no way to lock the front door since the glass is all shattered, so I simply sweep the shards into the shelter and close th

on to the large wolf bleedi

ies. I can also clean and patch up wounds. To help Robert, it would be best to drag him to the back office, which is

other way

hile I'm gone. I press my lips together, praying to every deity under the sun that he doesn't awaken while I'm working on his neck. Fortunately, there is someone out there who hears my prayer

hing him that a stra

eet, and my ha

an't

the same abilities as a shifter to be able to distingui

fsb

s and business dealings they have with the wolves. But wolves don't come into vampire territory, so my clan has never had a problem with concealing the fact that they grow

set of problems as a young child who lacked protection of any sort, so I

not hard to figure out how; lately, I've been hearing things

is impossible in this current situation because there is no wolf healer present in

he's not waking up; the wolfsbane must be breaki