Untamed Fate (Magic Side: Wolf Bound 2)

alpha presence into her to calm the turmoil of emotion behind her sad eyes.

Perhaps there was no cure.

My wolf strained in my chest with excitement, but I shoved him down

and bent my head close to her ear. “Let’s go.”

Savannah

I let Jaxson drive. That was a clear indication of just how mentally

messed up I was. To be fair, it was also his truck, and he’d taken the keys.

But I would have let him drive anyway. Probably.

I was a hollow shell of the woman I had once been. A husk. I leaned back

in the passenger seat and put my face in my hands. “God, Jax, I’m so

screwed. What am I going to do?”

“We’ll figure this out,” he said, pitching his voice low. It stroked the ends

of my nerves, soothing me for a moment. But I knew it for what it was—an

illusion. Just a product of his damned presence and power and the weird sway

he had over me. A false calm.

“Figure this out?” I snapped, refusing to be mollified. “I have a sorcerer

trying to kill me or abduct me or just mind-fuck me, and now I’m turning into

a monster. How the hell am I supposed to deal with this?”

Jaxson’s hands tightened on the wheel. “You’re turning into a werewolf.

Whether you act like a monster is up to you.”

His bitterness was palpable, a caustic scent that burned my nostrils and

made my stomach sink. “Sorry. I didn’t mean it like that.”

“You meant exactly what you said.” His words were curt and resentful.

Man, he despised me.

I frowned, smelling my own embarrassment and shame. He was right—

I’d meant what I’d said. He was a monster. A man that grew claws and fangs

and turned into a ravening wolf. I was surrounded by monsters. Jaxson. The

pack. The sorcerer. My family. And now me, too.

I leaned my head against the window. Trucks roared by us, the