Chapter 28

Frozen moonlight caught the gleam of glistening fangs. Then, even that disappeared as they sank into pliant flesh, Aden’s powerful jaw locked around Ray’s shoulder. He had clearly been going for the death blow at the back of the neck, but at the last moment, Ray had twisted, and now he was pinned by Aden’s bulk, melting into the ground in a thrash of limbs as Aden overwhelmed him. His unmaimed hand balled into a fist and pounded at Aden’s heavy muscles.

On the second strike, Aden broke away with a howl of pain. Before he started to roll on the ground, as if putting out a fire, Darren caught glitters of silver in the black fur.

Darren wasn’t so enraptured by the fight that he didn’t hear Jasmine’s approach. He dragged his attention from Aden, and resisted the strong impulse to rush to the wolf’s side. The best way to help Aden was by stopping Jasmine from joining the fray. She was fearless enough to jump right into the center of it and plunge a knife in Aden’s throat.