Weregirl by C. D. Bell

Author:C. D. Bell
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Chooseco
Published: 2016-11-01T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

Nessa heard herself cry out in a wolf’s whine and then she turned, surprised by the power she was able to summon to push the other animal off her.

Crouching, she faced the other wolf, a low growl escaping her throat, her eyes fixed on the other animal’s shoulders—in a guess that she’d see motion there not telegraphed by the animal’s eyes. The highly familiar smell of fear and something else she recognized filled her nostrils and, like it was mentholated, it cleared her head. She rolled the smell around on her tongue, tasting it, her breathing almost overwhelmed by the sense that she was meant to kill this wolf.

She was going to do it. Even though it was larger than she was, there was something reckless about this wolf’s aggression. If she let this wolf make the first move, he was likely to make the first mistake as well.

But two other wolves joined the one who had bitten her, and Nessa felt her blood cool. No strategy could save her. It was three against one.

So she thought about Omega and she started to bark, the way he had, barking like she would never stop barking. She saw how the wolf who had first bitten her blinked a bit with each bark. The two who had come in to help him took micro-steps away from her every time she barked. Her barking bothered them. She could start there.

Nessa barked louder, deeper, and as ferociously as she could. She could feel it resonating inside her chest as if it were the pounding hoofbeats of an army of wolves on horseback come to her rescue. It was happening without her intent. Was she really this powerful? Was it just her imagination, or could she hear another wolf barking with her when she barked?

Her attacker must have been wondering the same thing, his eyes darted to one side and then the other, looking to see if she was alone. His eyes rested off to Nessa’s side for a moment, and he took a step back. Nessa kept quiet, and distinctly heard barking. Someone was coming to help her.

Nessa wasn’t alone.

A gray wolf with black markings came up alongside her. He was long legged, taller even than Big One and about the same height as the wolves with the filed teeth.

The gray wolf lunged at Nessa’s challenger, and the wolf cried out in surprise—a whimper—and backed away. The two wolves who had been standing at attention, waiting for the center wolf to make his move, took a step forward and then veered off to either side, as if they had been meaning to head off in those directions anyway. The new, gray wolf then charged the wolf who had been the most aggressive toward Nessa, and he turned tail and also ran.

Disbelieving, relieved, taking a few deep breaths, Nessa finally took a good look at the new wolf.

He was tall. He was thin too, as though he didn’t eat much. His smell did not frighten her.

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