Claimed by The Wolf l Ran From
Head low, hackles raised, a wall of muscle and fur angled outward like a shield.
The creature that had just torn a man apart in front of her was now acting like a bodyguard. None of it made sense. None of it was supposed to be happening.
More massive shapes peeled out of the darkness—four, then six, then more than Emily could count. They drew closer, silent as smoke, before lowering their massive heads.
Not in fear. In unmistakable reverence.
He's their leader, she thought distantly. He's the Alpha.
One of the wolves—leaner than the rest, with restless, dull red eyes—refused to bow. It paced at the edge of the clearing. When it spoke, the sound crawled out of its throat in the same broken, h