Chapter 50

Leila POV

“What the hell was that?” Toby whispers incredulously, rubbing his sore head and staring blankly out the windscreen at where the giant bear had been standing only seconds ago. I’m still looking around frantically, hoping to see his animal’s large brown form lumbering into the trees, when the drivers door is pulled clean off its hinges with a loud screech, before being flung across the road. A large tanned hand reaches in and grabs Toby by the front of his slightly grubby blue shirt. His arms flail out in front of him attempting to grip onto the steering wheel but it’s already too late. I gasp in shock as Bodhi leans down and with one tug, snaps the seatbelt and hauls him out the door. I blink in disbelief and look at his now empty seat.

Did I really just see that happening? He was gone so quickly it was like he was never there.

I shake myself from my dazed stupor and scramble out of my seat, moving quickly around to the back of the car where Bodhi has Toby pinned against th