5: Unwan

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as I fixed my gaze on the tree l

arm became more

, there was a growl in the

ere was

there was a thick, crushing q

with bared fangs and fierce eyes. My skin crawled as the ni

es clenched like a predator about to

h

d, I picked up a fallen branch. Something hotter, so

vi

e wolf

ansforming quicker than I had ever seen. Eyes like flames, fur as bl

there wer

pped by him and ca

without

rogue's head, it was insufficient. It

ll of my effort to drive th

o catch my breath, b

ounded me, hunger s

ared m

ging the outlaw to the ground. His muscles flexed as he crushed the rogue's n

his chest was heaving

." As gravel dragged across t

the obedient type,"

his brow, but he still grinne

ogether as if we had d

me as I hit. I was always ther

s moved in one, fitting together in ways

s eup

ver,

ripped with

gue with its claws out and fangs

led,

uickly enoug

n't t

ra

thrust myself between t

gh me as claws sl

d, gasping, blood trick

st thing I heard as da