Savage
Rather than wait for him, I pull my shirt over my head as I race out of the packhouse and shove it in my mouth as I leap off the back patio and shift into Alayla, racing to where I heard the patrols sound the alarm.
I smell him before I arrive. Vampire. Alayla lifts her nose in the air. Three of them. Not a hunting party.
I run to the border and shift mid-stride, pulling my shirt over my head as I come to stand in front of the lead vampire. He’s very much like every other vampires I’ve met – old, arrogant, unimpressed with wolves, and with a scent that burns my nose.
As soon as I shift, his gaze focuses on me. “Custos Regni,” he purrs.