Chapter Twelve

As we ran side by side-well he had to trot to not take off in front of me- I couldn't keep my mind still. Millions of thoughts ran through my brain, so fast I couldn't stop to think about even one. I don't even remember running like I had been put on autopilot. So caught up in my thoughts, I didn't even have the chance to smell him before he was tackling me. Larkin turned with a surprised bark and then let out a long snarl. Alpha Kane towered over me with a sick grin, growling through his saliva dripping fangs, his eyes roasting in flames. I bared my neck in submission, an unbreakable habit. Larkin's growl echoed off the trees, causing Kane and I to look over. Larkin seethed, his head low to the ground. So low that his heavy breaths disturbed the dust on the