Twelve

Axel

"Mine."

My hung in the air as my wolf called out to the girl. I turned around to look if there was someone else there in place of that roguish looking girl, but there was none.

In fact, being so close to her made me realize that the flowery scent that filled the forest was hers. How is that even possible?

No. The goddess wouldn't choose a rogue as my mate. This must be a mistake, or maybe I heard it wrong.

The girl came at me and managed to scratch my neck. Her eyes were bloodshot as she attacked me. Her teeth came all out, and she launched another attack, but I caught her and held her hands so that she wouldn't attack me, but she wouldn't stop.

She looked at the dog on the floor and struggled harder. Her mouth opened, and I thought that she was about to call her army of rogues, but instead she barked.

What? She barked? Did she just bark?

My eyes widened as I watched and listened as she barked again and again.

My hands loosened around her, and she ran towards the dog, hol