Tales of Desire
I slam my elbow into her ribs hard, hear the crack, feel her gasp and let go.
Thorne sees me move, sees the blood on my lip where I bit it bloody worrying about him, and something in him just breaks wide open. He lets out this roar that shakes the trees, shifts fully to wolf in a black blur, lunges, jaws clamping around Ronan’s throat. Ronan thrashes like hell, claws raking Thorne’s sides, but Thorne shakes him vicious, teeth sinking deeper, blood flooding his muzzle until Ronan gurgles, goes slack, submits with a pathetic whine. Thorne lets him drop—alive, neck torn but not finished—and stands there panting, victorious, the pack going dead quiet before exploding into howls, some pissed, som