Claiming the Wolf Princess by Cecilia Lane

Author:Cecilia Lane [Lane, Cecilia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A Shifting Destinies Novella
Published: 2018-06-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Adrien dangled his legs over the ledge and looked across the Wolfden territory. Behind him and further into the cave, Rory still slept. He reached out with his senses every few minutes just to reassure himself that she still breathed. He couldn’t bear losing her again. Especially after sealing their bond with fresh mate marks.

He knew he should wake her and urge them away from the enclave. Something held him back. It was the same deep instinct that wouldn’t let him leave with Damien or the others. Fate wasn’t done with either him or Rory. They were still needed for some final part of the play.

He warred with himself. It was dangerous to stay in the caves. The Conris would find them. But he still couldn’t spread out his wings and fly his mate to safety.

Which left one option: see for himself what the enclave still had in store for them. If the others were still around, he would send them. With Damien gone, scouting to protect Rory fell to him. It was another war. He wanted to stay by her side.

Movement below caught his eye. He focused where he last saw a flash of color between trees and waited.

They were good, the wolves that tracked near the base of the mountain. Stealthy. And drawing nearer with each silent pad of their paws.

His dragon rose up to the surface of his mind and his senses increased tenfold. There were four. No, five. An enormous red wolf led the others. The beast within Adrien growled at the threat they posed.

He wouldn’t let them take her back. The princess was his.

Adrien knew he had to lead them away.

Scales rose over his arms and the tips of his wings pushed through his back. He let the dragon surge forward as he dropped off the ledge. The rest of the beast’s body burst out of his human form with the first flap of his wings.

His scaled belly skimmed over the top of trees. He quickly found the pack of wolves and flew past them by several hundred feet. He needed to keep them from nearing the caves that held his mate.

Adrien found an opening between trees and let fire fly from his maw. A howl rose in the distance, quickly followed by another. He certainly grabbed their attention.

With the push of his wings, Adrien rose up into the sky again. He spied the wolves rushing towards the fire he set. Then the red wolf skidded to a stop and the others followed his lead. He shook his great head one way, then the other and his four wolves spread out.

Adrien wanted to growl in frustration. The thinning line of wolves turned on their heels and ran straight for the caves again.

His dragon roared fury at the little animals and another line of flame ignited the land.

The giant red wolf sprinted towards the line of fire. In a graceful motion, his back legs bunched underneath and launched him into the air. Paws as large as Adrien’s human head dug into the dirt to slow his pace and turn him away from the dragon.

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