The Unwanted Wolf – Chapter 38

“What took you so long?” Theron demanded.

“I’m an old lady. This body doesn’t move like it used to,” Clara sassed back. She sounded more confident than before, and I didn’t understand how she could face Theron like that. Somehow she knew who it was, and even though she was human and had no unordinary powers, she was bravely facing someone she knew was actively trying to kill me.

Theron clicked his tongue. “Where is her room key?”

ld escape? I wanted to look around the corner to see the actions and body expressions of the two of them, but Clara’s effort would be a wast

? Ow! What the hell?”

hell.”

neck with a shard of glass. My eyes went wide, and I completely froze. Red started pouring from her neck, and I couldn’t move. I wanted to run to her, but I couldn’t reveal myself now, not after Clara… No, she couldn’t die.

an’t I shift?” Theron demanded, his face turning red.

y said. Her hands were grasping her neck, trying to hold the wound steady.

s to handle. Too bad I can’t watch you bleed out.” He turned and stormed out of the lobby, the door swinging shut behind him.

say as she fell to the ground.

p the bleeding. It didn’t seem to do anything, and my hands turned red.

’t even know?

her words gurgling as she spit up blood. “He won’t be able to track you for a lit

ly flowing from my eyes now.

while you can.”

n said in my

never healed anyone before.

the wound closing.

was too panicked. I tried to imagine the wound closing, but nothing seemed to be happening.

ut my wolf senses I wouldn’t have been able to hear it.

Clara had to die. She was so nice and helpful. I let go of Clara’s neck. I didn’t want to leave her like that, but I didn’t have a choice. I had to get somewhere safe. I had to get back to the pack so I could make sure Theron never hurt anyone ever again.

ed to open the door, but then I felt a pain in my side, and I was on the ground.

eyes were bloodshot. She almost looked possessed compared to the version of her I knew from the coffee shop.

u think I’m just

er now that I had some rest, food, and proper clothes.

id, trying to keep my voice ste

tate to jump into the car, not even taking a second look at her. I locked the doors and started the car. I put the car in reverse and slammed on the gas. Haley was slowly getting to her feet. I put the car in drive and sped out of the parking lot as fast as I possibly could.

pt looking in my rearview mirror. I kept expecting Theron to show up in the mirror, but thankfully he never did. I clutched the steering wheel tightly, my hands still covered in Clara’s blood.

surrounded by other werewolves. I would be safe at the pack house with Mark there.

found light, I started to recognize the area better. In high school, we had taken a few class trips to the mountains. Asheville was only an hour from here. It wouldn’t be long before I was back to the pack house.

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heron wouldn’t be able to use his magic for a while, although, I didn’t know the exact timeline the drug would have on him. I didn’t even know what hurt sorcerers, but it sounded like they had a substance similar to wolfsbane.

er, afraid of moving. I desperately wanted to be around everyone a

ont of me.

teenage boy, and when he looked up and saw me, his eyes went wide. He ran back into the house without even shutting the door.

eminded me how worn out my body was. I walked through the front door, an

dira!” She ran right up to me and wrapped her arms around me, squeezing me so tightly I could

girl. She’s covered in blood. Are you okay? Are you hurt?”

ad something else on my mind.

towards me. People kept touching me and saying things, but I was no longer listening to them.

ulled me into a tight hug. His nose buried into my neck, and he deeply inhaled.

h those doors. I was on patrol,” Jori said.

Jori’s touch, and my body instantly responded, but it wasn’t the arms I wanted to be in. I looked over Jori’s shoulder. Where was Mark?

to you?”

the crowd. “She has clearly been through hell. Let her ge

Daniel, grateful. I still hadn’t said anything else to people, but each time someone asked me w

e on. Let’s get you cleaned up.”

im tightly. There was a sinking feeling in my stomach. Why wasn’t he here to greet me?

assed a glance between them, and I knew something was wrong.

t here.”