A Wrong Alpha Heiress's Return
My head instinctively tucked, stomach tightening, the fight-or-flight wiring my body like a cage of fire.
"Do you know what you almost did to Serena?!" Ryan spat, fury igniting. "If I didn't stop you, she'd be dead! You refuse to apologize even now? You're shameless!"
He advanced again, a boot smashing into my side. Pain lanced through me, muscles screaming, instincts urging me to curl, protect, survive. I folded over myself, arms tight over head and abdomen, wolf and human merging in defense. My fear caused the wolf that had taken so long to reappear to disappear again, but my inherent wild nature remains.