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"Nay I can’t drive in this sand at all They’re propelling us straight through it"

"Should we juet into the surf?"

"Nay We go together If we leave the vehicle, they’ll release a truck full of wolves, and we’ll be at a decided disadvantage" He meant Shelley, not hiet out of the car when it’s in the water," she said, jerking off her clothes

"Shelley" His tone indicated that he didn’t agree and was full of dire warning

"I’ave him a small smile, kissed his cheek, and then shifted

"I second that, lad," Ethan said, still watching out the backHe began stripping out of his clothes "We’re better off standing our ground as wolves since we have nothing but our teeth to protect us"

"Hell I meant for Shelley to stay in the vehicle while you and I tackled the wolves, damn it"

"If you think Shelley will stay in the car and watch us fight, you sure don’t know her very well" Ethan grinned "Maybe you should have learned a little lanced at Shelley, agging her tail, looking eager to please and not in the least bit like a vicious wolf that could tear into a bunch of bigwheel, since he wasn’t doing et the door and opened it for her And prayed he wasn’t est h with his foot pressing hard on the brakes, they were going slow enough for her to lunge safely onto the sandy beach

Ethan jumped over the backseat into the front and bounded out of the car to join Shelley Duncan hoped to God the guy in the truck behind theuessed there was no otherwise The guy was a dead man one way or another Without a weapon and in human form, he wouldn’t have a lot of options But for now, Duncan had to get out of the driver’s seat where he couldn’t easily yank off his clothes and shift All he worried about, though, were Shelley and her uncle He sure as hell wished Cearnach was here already

The car still barreled toward the ocean, propelled by the bulldog of a truck behind it Duncan was trying his damnedest to haul himself over the console in the co wheel and slip over the blockade with any ease Growling in frustration, he finallyhimself, Duncan jumped out of the vehicle as a wolf before the tires hit the first wave He had to get word to Cearnach

As soon as his paws hit the ankle-deep water, he saw the wolves They otten out of the truck while Duncan was busy re males When Duncan was out of the car, the driver of the truck stopped and opened his door Duncan knew they’d have another wolf to face in short order He raced up the beach and tore into the first of the wolves i for Duncan to join hi for the driver of the truck, their alpha male Ethan attacked the closest wolf to him That meant Shelley had her own male wolf to tackle Duncan felt cold chills race down his spine at the thought, especially since the driver would soon be joining his coolden color, an Arctic ho had soray pack The wolf snarled at hiet Duncan’s throat

He heard the wolf growling and the ena contact He didn’t hear a peep out of Shelley He couldn’t look to see where she was--not when the other wolf raced around the truck to aid his companions, then stopped and looked in the direction of the ocean

Glancing that way, Duncan saw the one wolf chasing after Shelley She was headed straight for the water Da had paused to look, too Then the truck driver raced out with the other wolf after Shelley Da the wolf he’d been fighting by the neck, but he only tore the skin, nothing vital enough to fell the hefty wolf The Arctic wolf screeched with fury and atteed out of the path of his snapping canines He wanted desperately to go after Shelley Ethan hadn’t , either

Duncan couldn’t spend anyto Shelley His fight had to be with the wolf trying to take hiain, only to clash with the white wolf’s teeth, ain

Shelley hadn’t been sure what to do, but she knew she couldn’t outfight the , she was certain he’d come after her Easier to kill a feured she was their priht as well finish her off

She was fast like a greyhound, her family had always said She ifter than the whole lot of the bulkiercowardly in the least Not when she would have been at such a disadvantage if she’d had to fight them This way, she could drao of the wolves off Duncan and her uncle until they were ready to tackle them

She knew any of theh she didn’t have hours Plus she was afraid that despite the dark, sohted resort hotels on the beach, if they weren’t careful Not that people would think they olves They’d figure they were a pack of wild dogs

She’d started to run into the ocean, but she didn’t believe paddling in the surf would help her None of the waves, but they ive her the killing blow With their longer legs, they’d be on fire So she ran for the only refuge she could think of At least she knew the Mastic Reserve fairly well They probably had never been there