Chapter 44

Harper

Lily rushed at me full force as I planted my feet firmly on the ground. The last thing I wanted to do was to kill Elias’ sister but from the furious look on her face I might not have a choice in the matter. Seconds before she reached me I reached out and grabbed her top. I used her momentum to swing her around and straight into the tree behind me. She crashed into it with a thud and I skipped to the other side of the clearing. She was back up and on my back before I cleared the space. Her claws scratched at my face and I screamed as I felt them sink into my cheek, just below my eye. I dropped to the floor and tried to roll onto my back in order to knock her off me. I delivered a blow to her stomach with my elbow and used the moment where she was winded to pull myself free. I didn’t pause though, and I jumped on her back and pinned her to the floor. She snarled and tried to buck me off but I had better leverage than she did.

She stopped struggling, and the crazy bitch started l