er

it began as a deluge. The sky opened

he wheels caught in the gravel. My bad knee was

s standing on the second-floor balc

o my skin. I shivered violently. The water ran down my le

g it toward the house. Please

blocked the link again. He just watched,

eir toll. I stumbled. The suitcase handle slipped from my grip. I

t up. My stre

the rain, I heard

. "She fell! Should I

ding there, holding a large black

eta authority. "Leave her. She's doing this for attention. I

her back inside. The balcony door

one in t

. So this is it, I thought. I die in th

ut through t

p the driveway. It wasn't a pack car. It di

o a halt inche

w open. A ma

that made the rain seem to slow down. He was ta

me. His hand tou

A

ng didn't hit the

fierce and consuming, exploded from the point of contact. It

, usually dull, we

r a blizzard. Dar

toxicating thing I

ce the fire, suddenly lifted her head in the depth

ro

I

ed up into eyes the color of storm cl

lated until his eyes were al

d vibrated in his chest, de

eared wolf in the continent. The leader of t

up as if I w

her d

ned over the railing, his face pale. He had smelled it

oon Pack!" Axel shouted, his voi

rom his dark hair, but his eyes

more power than Ryker's ever had. It wasn't just a comm

xel yelled, though he took

me. "Do you want to

e closed curtains where Ryker an

y," I whispe

sing him as a threat. He opened the back door of

med, panic finally entering his

against the car door, lo

t if he wants her back, he can come to the Shadowlands and

mmed t

t. The car was warm. It smel

irror. His eyes were softer now, filled with a pain I di

still standing in the rain, gripping the railing, looking