The Alpha's Daughter by Jacqueline Rhoades

Author:Jacqueline Rhoades
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: paranormal romance, wolves, werewolves, alphas, wolvers

Chapter 22

As wolf, her first instinct was to run to Griz, to fight at his side. Her human, however, understood this was wrong. A Challenge had been issued. Griz had allowed the terms to be set. One or all, he'd said. Her human grinned in her mind. All didn't have to mean all at once, did it? The she-wolf chuffed at the cunningly applied logic.

Overcoming instinct, she flew at the second attacker. Fueled by her need to protect Griz, she struck before the wolver could reach his target. He was large and bulky with a dull brown coat and was used to exploiting his size as a means of intimidation.

Her first strike was unexpected and the wolver stumbled as she broadsided him, turning her head and forcing her shoulder into the soft part of his belly. He snarled and snapped at her shoulder, but she'd already spun away and his teeth caught nothing but air.

Moose had promised that her training as a human would benefit her as a wolf, but she'd never had the opportunity to test it. She wasn't sure how two legged lessons would translate to four, but she saw now that it did. Her swiftness made up for her lack of size.

Her opponent relied on weight and force. He charged and she leapt, coming down behind his right flank. She bit, tore, and came away with a mouthful of fur. She could hear the snarls and snapping jaws behind her and she turned her head to see how Griz fared. The bout with her father had surely sapped some of his strength.

Her inattention cost her and this time when the brown wolf charged, he rammed her squarely in her side. She was bowled over and kicked out with her hind feet to protect her exposed underbelly. He snapped and his teeth caught her hind foot. She yelped at the pain and sliced at his face with the leg that was free.

There was a roar and suddenly her attacker was gone, tossed to the side by a furious Griz. A tornado of snarls and fur whirled beside her as Griz tore at the wolf who had hurt her.

Blood spattered across her face and chest. She heard bone crunch and a howl of pain, saw another of her father's wolvers circle behind Griz. It was a tactic every wolf understood. The circling wolf's intention was to hamstring her grizzly, thus crippling his hind leg. If the ploy succeeded, the fight would be over.

Jazz rolled to her feet. Pain lanced up her leg from the injured foot. From the corner of her eye, she saw another wolf tearing toward Griz. Friend or foe? She didn't know the Gilead wolvers well enough to instantly recognize their wolves. Her wolf didn't care. Anyone charging in Griz's direction was foe.

Her leap intercepted the circling wolf as he darted in to attack. She did little more than knock him off course, but it was enough. She turned, teeth exposed and mouth open to face the second charging wolf.

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