Untamed Fate (Magic Side: Wolf Bound 2)

I glared at Jaxson. “How the hell am I supposed to do that?”

He turned, and his eyes glinted with yellow light. “Try parkour.”

“Parkour?”

He ran three steps, leapt, and rebounded off the side of the adjacent

building. He landed silently and gracefully on the roof, and made it all look

impossibly easy. I’d seen him do similar moves when he’d hunted me down

the alley.

Noticing my hesitation, Jaxson suggested, “I can probably jump back

down and toss you up. You’re light.”

My blood boiled. I turned, ran three steps, and leapt with all my strength.

I soared into the air— waaay higher than I thought possible.

Oh, shit.

The side of the building came up faster than I’d anticipated, and I

ricocheted toward Jaxson with almost zero control. My chest slammed into

the gutter, and I squeaked as I slipped and slid back, catching myself with my

claws before I tumbled to the street below.

Jaxson was there in a second. He grabbed my jacket by the neck and

heaved me halfway before hauling me up by the back of my jeans.

I scrambled up the roof on my hands and knees.

Lights went on in the house below, and we climbed over the top and

ducked down. Someone started shouting in Italian.

“What are they saying?” I whispered.

Amal grinned. “That—and please excuse this, I’m only translating—that

the fat cats are fucking on the neighbor’s roof again.”

I put my hands over my face and leaned back. I was so not awesome.

“Come on,” Jaxson growled, and jumped up to the adjacent roof, a full

story above us.

I sighed, got to my feet, and followed with more success this time.

The house was perched at the edge of the cliff, and as soon as I looked

over the threshold of the roof, my stomach swam with vertigo.