No alpha wolf ever takes commands from anyone. No one. That was my version of a fight. I don’t bare my teeth and shove my claws into the back of my own race. That’s cowardice. Weak. Pathetic. I show my dominance another way.”
I feel his hands ripping at my pants, but I can’t move. His tongue is licking across my skin, and it’s physically painful.
Tears rise to my eyes as his hand grabs my ass, his claws digging into the meat of my skin.
“Sebastian!”
“What the fuck are you doing?”
Vlad’s claws are ripped away from my body as I fall to my knees.
I can hear a thud against the wall as I sink to the floor. I’m shivering. My mind is racing. I feel helpless. Unable to control the reaction my body is having. Physical pain is shooting through every part of my body, and I can’t explain it.
Sebastian’s claws felt so good, but Vlad’s hurt so much.
Why?
Why?
“Why is this happening?”
Growls of superiority are filling the room as I turn around. I can see Sebastian pinning Vlad to the ground. Vlad swipes his hand over Sebastian’s cheek, drawing blood and shearing his skin.
Sebastian picks the wolf up by the throat and holds him in midair, his body throbbing. His muscles twitching. Bouncing in between keeping himself human and morphing. Shredding his clothes and killing Vlad on the spot.
“You will never have her,” Sebastian says.
“Don’t worry. It doesn’t smell like you will either,” Vlad says.
Vlad kicks his claws out towards Sebastian’s stomach and pierces his gut. I scramble from the floor and go running for him as he sinks to his knees. I wrap my arms around Sebastian and try to pull him out of the room. Before he’s injured further.
Before he’s killed.
But Sebastian rips away from me and charges Vlad. He pins the man to the wall and sinks his teeth into his jugular. Blood is pooling on the floor as Vlad slumps, and Sebastian picks up a blanket and wipes his mouth off. People are rushing in. Nurses are tending to Vlad’s wounds. Sebastian backs away as my body begins to shake, my eyes wide with terror.
“Come on,” he says. “We need to go.”
“Is he? Did you?”
“Come on, Clarissa,” he says.
But it’s the groan from his throat that catches my attention.
He’s still bleeding from his stomach.
I need to get him back.
Chapter 21
~ Toshi
Clarissa comes barreling into the room with a wounded Sebastian wrapped around her body. She lays him on the bed, and Penny rushes up, trying to see what’s going on. Clarissa’s face is pale as she backs away from the bed. She’s trembling. Panting.
And the terror in her eyes is unmistakable.
“I’m getting some hot water,” Penny says. “I also need towels.
And peroxide. And anything else you can find.”