The Alpha's Warlock
I opened my eyes, a smile blooming across my face — and at the edge of the clearing, ten feet behind Nate, stood Parker.
My heart went crazy, fluttering like a trapped hummingbird, and my smile froze in a rictus. Parker was grinning, his teeth bared and elongated, his claws out.
And he ran straight for us.
I didn’t have a choice; I broke the connection to Nate and leapt to my feet, lashing out with a burst of power that nearly drained my reserves, but that should have taken Parker down and left him writhing and foaming at the mouth.