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For the first ti and hard, and she wasn’t even tired As a hu gotten stitches in her side and leg cra to catch her breath In that sense, she loved the freedoave her Until she saw a pickup truck on the road beside the woods headed toward her

Before she could dodge deeper into the forest, the truck applied its brakes and screamed to a halt She nearly had heart failure and dove deeper into the woods

A , "Alicia Greiston! Wait!"

She stu her name, and the odd familiarity in his voice made her pause for a second

The door slah the underbrush forced another healthy shot of adrenaline surging through her veins, and she bolted again

He couldn’t think he could chase her down And how the hell did he know her name? That she was the woman as noolf? Had Ferdinand told someone that he’d turned her before he died?

That was the only reasonable explanation she could come up with But even so, hoould he know she was in these woods?

"Alicia! It’s me!"

The man’s voice sounded like Jake Silver’s The truck, now that she thought about it further, did look like Jake’s But it couldn’t be hi he’d come to her rescue A wolf’s rescue, rather

Whoever it ould never catch up to her Then just as abruptly, she didn’t hear the sound of his crashing through the underbrush any longer, and she slowed to a trot She didn’t want to get too far away fro else So her at a run She whipped around and nearly had a heart attack A big gray as running toward her, and her heart skipped beats all over the place She turned to run away, but he leaped and tackled her Her heart stuttered

With his heavier weight, she fell beneath hi her to hold still He didn’t hurt her, but she knew that those wicked teeth clamped around her throat could kill her instantly

Oh, God, she’d s only to be killed in the wild by a real wolf

She whi to thrash at him with her teeth but afraid he’d crush her throat He was panting and so was she His chest heaved, but hers evenForever, it see her to the forest floor, in charge, in control Wouldn’t he be surprised if she just shifted into a woman? Yeah, and then he’d kill her for sure

He couldn’t be thinking of ht

She struggled a little, testing hihter on her throat, still not hurting, but showing her he was in charge

She ot the distinct impression his actions meant hold still, don’t move, or else She held still She was a quick learner

She closed her eyes, tired fro the bad guys The wolf relaxed his grip on her throat, but as soon as sheher, just keeping her where he wanted her She’d already gotten the point, but they couldn’t stay like this forever What did he ith her?

The roar of an engine, braking of a vehicle, and sla of two doors up at the road forced a fresh wave of panic to s her whole She struggled to get up; the wolf forced her to lie still He couldn’t be crazy enough to want to keep her here What if those ere coht

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