Alpha's Ultimatum by Charlee Garden

Author:Charlee Garden [Garden, Charlee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

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Liliana

As soon as I stepped outside my apartment building, I began to sprint. Angry music screamed into my ears as I ran--arms pumping aggressively. I was angry but I was hurt too. My emotions were the last thing I wanted to dwell on so I pushed myself harder. I was searching for that desired runner’s high, that feeling of bliss. I just wanted to stop thinking, even if it was just for a little bit.

My mind finally began to empty when reality came rushing back. A shadow launched from the shrubbery from my left about ten yards in front of me. I tried to halt my progression, automatically assuming it was a mugger but it wasn’t. It was a wolf--a giant fucking wolf. I couldn’t stop. I was going to run right into its jaws.

A scream echoed and confusion filled me before I realized the sound came from me. This was it. I was so close to death and then suddenly my impending doom seemed a little bit further away. Another shadow flew overhead and hit the wolf that was staring at me like I was dinner. I jumped back as I finally slowed my sprint enough to stop. I fell on my ass--hard. My tailbone throbbed but I could barely acknowledge the pain because terror filled every inch of my conscious thought.

Two wolves, one tawny and the other jet black, tore at each other. Vicious snarls filled the street, the rock and roll blaring from my fallen headphones adding to the viciousness of the battle. How could this be happening? Knoxville wasn’t necessarily a bustling metropolis but it wasn’t rural to the point that wolf fights in the road would be considered normal--if any such place even existed at all.

The wolves continued to fight, blood flying. I found myself crying as the black wolf was taken down. Silly as it was, I thought of him as a protector. If he hadn’t rushed in and attacked the tawny wolf, I’d be dead already. Granted he probably just wanted to eat me himself but I felt a strange sort of draw to him. Whatever Tessa had done must have messed with my mind more than I initially thought.

My savior was bloodied as he lay on the ground, breath heaving. This was it. The other wolf would land the death blow and then I would be next. Tears continued to flow as I thought of my parents, my brother, Sam, and even Tessa. I’d never get to tell them how much I loved them or even say goodbye.

The tawny wolf abandoned the other, stalking towards me as I remained stagnant--unable to break through the paralysis of freight. My eyes fluttered shut as I accepted my end but the bite never came. Instead I heard a wolfish yelp, my lids flying open to see what happened. My protector was back on his feet, tearing viciously into the other animal.

I felt like I was stuck in a nightmare--maybe I hadn’t woken up yet. That was it.

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