THE BEAST STOLEN BRIDE

Y'S

nt, staring at Tyler Harrison's perfect smile, and wondered if all brid

queezing my hands too tight. "I can't wa

n three months. Like he'd planned it. But I smiled anyway because I was good at smiling through discomfort. Y

you," I

"Dearly beloved, we are gathe

ass windows ex

d down. I threw my arms over my face,

e window frame; it was a wolf, bigger than any animal I'd ev

rt sto

s expensive wedding suit tearing as silver-white fur burst through skin. His wolf was beautiful; powerf

, snarling. Its lips pulled back t

anic. Wolves were everywhere; brown, gray, re

here, Ford!" Tyler's wolf voice was disto

rd; didn't respon

. Claws ripping through fur. I stumbled backward, my heel catching on my

screamed from some

ecurity; massive gray wolves with military precision circled th

Ford didn't let go. He dragged Tyler across the altar like he weighed noth

ening. This coul

arled through fangs. "O

r's beta, his best man an hour ago. His teeth closed

ked, but what could huma

something in them made my breath catch. Not rage. Not bloodlust.

d Tyler an

he throat and the wolf collapsed. The second latched onto his hind leg. Ford twisted, j

exit. My ribs screamed where his tee

against his furry shoulder.

in my chest. He threw off the third security wolf

the dim church. He leaped down the church steps-three, fiv

d him, silver fur streaked crimson, his ice-blue eyes wild with

aws raked across Ford's flank. Four parallel lines opened.

was he do

ning. More wolves-Tyler's pack-flanked us, creating a protective b

rough them like

nds that gleamed in the sunlight. His movements were brutal efficiency. He grabbed o

or another attack. "Kill him if you

t me. Not Li

head smacked the ground, and the world blurred, sounds muffling like I was underwater. Through th

around my waist-gentle but firm, like he was afraid o

slammed into

my ribs screaming as the world spun. We hit a parked car. The windshield s

dn't

rass, then forest floor. Branches whipped my face. My dress tore on thorns. Behind us, Tyler

to the border!"

off at th

rror and his jaws around my ribs, my lungs couldn'

Not at Tyler's hand

re was a cliff. The ground just ended, dropp

NO-" I c

jum

Below us, a river rushed over rocks, white water frothing.

t the

d's jaws released me, and the current grabbed us both, dragging us under. I surfaced,

ing the current with powerful strokes, and grabbed my dress ag

posite cliff, snarling but not jumping

ravine. "SHE'S MINE! DO YOU HEAR ME? MINE! I'LL HUNT YOU

. Not concern. Fury. Like I was a possessi

ttled in my st

both of us heaving. Water streamed from his black fur. His wo

hing up river water. My wedding dress

s found mine, and up close, I could see they weren't just gold.

His voice was

Water dripped from my hair into my

ll find a way down, and when they do-" He stopped, his jaw tightening. "Please. I know you're scared. I know you

trust you?" My

an you were about to marry? He's not who you think he is. And if we do

escending the cliff face, impossibly fast. Tyler's white fo

g into fur and muscle. Then he crouch

t his expression said.

the pack closing in, at the life I'd almost

n caught up. I climbed onto F

ou," I whispered

d beneath me.

rust him eithe

hind only the echo of Tyler's rage and the ruins of a w