The Wolf's Betrothed (The Wolf's Peak Saga Book 5) by Patricia Blackmoor

Author:Patricia Blackmoor [Blackmoor, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-01T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

The wolf’s head snapped up at the sound. Another gunshot cracked across the sky and the wolf looked back down at me again, yellow eyes piercing mine. He gave one last snarl before jumping off my body and ran off into the thick woods. I took a deep breath of cold air, filling my lungs now that the pressure was gone. I coughed.

My whole body ached. I stared up at the starry sky, knowing I should move to get out of danger but unable to force my body to do so. A moment later I heard a flurry of footsteps and Adam knelt down next to me.

“Hazel, are you all right?”

I nodded. Words wouldn’t come.

He whipped his head around, searching for the wolf. “What happened?”

“I don’t know. It hit me from behind, knocked me to the ground.”

“Did you see what it looked like?”

“Yellow eyes. Brown and black fur, I think.”

“All right,” he said, tucking the gun into its holster. I had never noticed it before, but the handle of the gun glimmered in the moonlight, making it impossible to miss.

“You carry a gun?” I asked.

He nodded. “We all do, after what happened with Seth.”

I swallowed. I had just begun to get over the danger, and knowing that they carried guns made me sick to my stomach. I knew it was probably for the best, but I hated that they felt the need to carry one at all.

“Come on,” Adam said, extending his hand. “Let’s get you inside and get you cleaned up.”

My clothes were soaked. I hadn’t been injured much worse than I already was, but my body hurt, and I thought I could feel blood dripping from where the wolf’s claws had dug into my skin. I struggled to get to my feet, and so Adam scooped me up in his arms. I didn’t protest; I didn’t have the energy.

As we drew closer to the steps of the balcony, Jasper and Stephen came rushing out.

“What happened?” Jasper asked. “We heard gunshots.”

“Hazel was attacked by a wolf,” Adam said.

“Are you hurt?”

I shook my head. “I’m all right. Adam scared him off before he could do any damage.”

“I guess the guns were a good idea.” Jasper gave a tense smile, but worry filled his eyes.

I looked up at Adam. “You’d better be a good shot. You could have hit me.”

“I wasn’t willing to risk it,” he said. “I wasn’t aiming at either of you.”

“Let’s get inside,” Jasper said, eyes worriedly searching the yard. “Come on.”

Adam carried me up the stairs. Jasper held the door open for us and we slipped in the back hallway, but Jasper didn’t follow us inside right away. Instead he paused in the doorway, looking out over yard. There must not have been any sign of the wolf, because after a moment he returned to the house.

“Hazel, go ahead and get changed, then I’d like you to meet us in the library, if you don’t mind,” he said.

“Of course,” I told him. Adam helped me up the staircase, arm around my waist.

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