Nora and the Werewolf Wedding: A Nora Grayson Adventure (The Nora Grayson Adventures Book 1) by A.J. Maguire

Author:A.J. Maguire [Maguire, A.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Derrick’s grip on my wrist became a focal point. When my lungs screamed and my heart pounded and my legs were ready to dump me onto the forest floor, his fingers wrapped securely around my wrist kept my feet going. My heart thundered in my ears and every heaving, panicked breath was so loud I could hear little else.

The pack had gone full wolf. They were on the edge of my awareness, leaping between the trees, getting closer. The forest sped by, branches tearing at any bit of clothes and skin as we raced over uneven ground. Lights bobbed in the distance, and it was only after three steps that I realized they were torchstones. Some absurd part of my mind wondered how they were carrying the stones in wolf form but that hardly mattered. They had them and the light they cast was illuminating large sections of the forest, limiting where we could go.

How far were we from the lake?

What were we supposed to do when we got there?

I tried to remember how long it had taken Derrick to open the portal in the forest, but my thoughts kept skidding back to Lord Malcolm in a pool of blood. Dead like we would be if the pack caught us. Even if we stopped and tried to warn them of the predator that killed Malcolm, wolves did not have great self-control on the best of days, as they were presently, they would not listen.

The unfairness of it made a bubble of frustration in my chest.

Focus, Nora!

I couldn’t tell if that was my internal voice or my father’s. His was often the voice that called me to order, reminding me that I was a Grayson and capable of any feat.

But I couldn’t breathe. My lungs felt strangely frozen, as though my rapid breathing had chilled them from the inside, and my chest was tight, straining to give them room to fill, and I couldn’t breathe!

I took a great, gulping breath and there was father’s voice again, gentle against the din of my terror: but you are breathing.

Inhaling again, I felt my lungs swell, felt the air as it passed inside and exhaled.

I really was breathing.

The world became clearer. Bright stars sparkled in the sky and a nearly full moon bathed the forest in soft blue light. It would have been beautiful if I wasn’t about to die.

We dodged a massive oak tree and a wolf leapt out onto the path in front of us, teeth bared and snarling. Staggering, I nearly careened into Derrick, but he dove to the left, yanking me with him. A large muzzle full of gnashing teeth snapped inches from my leg. The wolf slid past me, its claws raking across my shoes as it passed and tried to stop its momentum.

Derrick dragged me behind him, blocking me bodily from the wolf as it rose to its feet. He was panting too, but he at least had control of his faculties. He continued to walk backward, forcing me to do the same, as the wolf growled at us.

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