hands had touched me. My wolf circled inside my head, torn between lunging for his throat

voice low but unyielding. He took a step forwa

here. I won't be your... your trophy. Your chained pet. Marke

narrowing. "Is that what you t

Isn't it? That's what it's always about with you Shad

ay, the next his hand was fisted in my hair, dragging my face close to

th frosting between us. "Say you don

y teeth.

isse

aws. My fists pounded his chest, but my mouth betrayed me - opening, answering, burning. The ma

gh for his forehead to slam against mine, not in violence, but

e me?" h

ut it came out wrong - more

ands stayed on my shoulders. "Hate k

. "You're

y. "But you think you can run from this? From me?" He slid one hand down my arm, fingers b

words. I jerked away from his touch

ght let me run again - but then he tilted his

sentries, drawn by the bond that flared when he'd kissed me.

lmost gentle. "Show me how fast you

My paws slammed into the snow and I bolted - past him, past the s

ed my lungs. I leapt fallen logs, splashed through an icy stream, m

ng from her jaws as she pushed hard

't feel the blood when thorns

I told my wolf.

woven through my marrow, every heartbeat

s a patch of ice and I went sprawling, tumbling down a slope that dropped into a ravine. S

aked, bruises blooming across my ribs. I tasted i

So did the trees, old and

cked. My hea

like wings. He looked like the devil himself, carved from shadow and

feet, my breath ra

u think you can comm

come

landing a few feet from me, snow exploding a

stones. My spine slammed into a tree tr

rward. "I warned

you going to do, chain me to your be

oxing me in. His breath steamed against my face.

t flinch - just grabbed my wrists and slammed them abo

d, face inches from mine. "To figh

tter than rotting in your den, waiting f

that lost its way. "You think I want

ll to my sides. He pressed his forehead to mine

whispered. "But I wo

ain pulled too tight. My wolf whimpered, torn betwee

anted him. I was

I said, the words tre

of blood from my lips. His eyes searched mine - as if

id, voice raw. "Just enough t