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The waitress approached them with new drinks. We ll be right back, Ellie handed the
woman a bill to cover the drinks they d already had. We forgot something in the car.
Hold our table; we ll only be a minute.
Making their way to the building entrance, they continued to chat. I can t wait to get
home now, and demand for Aric to do the whole mating thing.
They stepped out into the warm night air and strolled to the darkened lot next to the
restaurant.
You mean bite you while you re having sex.
She sighed. Yeah.
Their heels clicked on the pavement, resonating in the quiet evening. Isn t that what
you ve been doing all these weeks?
Pretty much. But I ll use any excuse to get him to do it again.
Ellie laughed as they reached her energy saver and unlocked the door. They had opened
the doors, but Ellie suddenly stopped. She sniffed and growled.
What
Four men jumped out of the darkness in front of them.
Get inside and lock your door!
Jordan didn t question her friend. She rushed into the car and shut her door. Ellie
threw her the key and shut the driver side door, moving with increased speed.
Ellie!
The men rushed it. Windows broke before Jordan had a chance to think. She watched
in horror as Ellie attempted to shift, only to get hit by one of the men. Jordan s attention
was diverted by a pair of hands yanking her from her seat by her hair.
She curled her hands around the metal pipe Ellie had left under the passenger seat.
The small metal was the only weapon she could grab before being pulled out of the
broken window.
The man flung her on the ground. She scraped her leg and hit the gravel with a thud.
Pain shot up her leg to her hip. Holding the bar in a death grip, she watched three of the
men attack Ellie at once. Ellie struggled to fight the men off, but they hit her repeatedly,
punching and kicking her. She snarled, attempting a shift again, but the blows kept
coming.
Concern for her friend made her forget about her attacker. The man grabbed her by the
front of her dress and slammed her over the hood of the car. The windshield broke under
her. She screamed. Everything shifted, spinning in circles. For a moment spots danced in
front of her eyes.
Her grip on the bar loosened for just a moment before she squeezed the metal in her
grasp. His eyes glowed bright gold. A combination of pain, anger, and fear for Ellie filled
her. She had to help her friend, but breathing alone hurt. He snarled and jumped on to
the hood of the car, landing with his legs to either side of her.
She swung the metal bar up hard slamming it against his groin. He howled in pain and
punched her in the face before jumping back. Something, which she knew had to be
blood, made a wet trail down her temple. She struggled to breathe. Goddamn she should
have had her car instead of depending on Ellie. At least she kept a shotgun in hers.
Ellie was bleeding from multiple scratches. She growled. Her beautiful white top was
drenched in blood and blood matted her blond hair. Using her claws as weapons, she tried
to fight off the three men. But they were smart. By attacking Ellie at the same time, she
couldn t stop all of them. One of them ran his claws across her chest. Another grabbed her
by the hair. The third guy punched her in the stomach.
Jordan tried to get her legs to move, but the pain at her hip and head made it near
impossible. Struggling to slide off the hood of the car, she groaned. Then the man was
there again, digging his claws into her thighs and dragging her down the front of the car.
She gripped the bar and swung it hard to hit the man in the face. She split his cheek and
blood spurted out of his wound.
I think I m done playing with you now, he snarled.
He grabbed her by her throat. Fight or flight kicked in. She struggled against the
forceful hold. Her mind whirled. She kicked, every move ratcheting the pain in her thigh.
Tears gathered in her eyes, turning her vision hazy. Her lungs burned. The bar fell from
her hands. She dug her nails into the hands squeezing at her throat.
Jordan! Ellie s voice was panicked.
She gasped for air. The squeezing of her throat tightened. Jordan continued to slap and
scratch the giant cutting off her air supply. Sounds started to drift away. Darkness took
hold of the edges of her vision, closing in on her. Her chest felt ready to explode. Then
everything went dark.
Aric and his brothers decided to join the women for dinner. He d already gotten the green
light from Jordan s friends to pop in at the restaurant uninvited. They reached a deserted
parking lot, all of them excited at the prospect of a fun time. As they rounded a corner,
Aric s gaze met a horrible sight. Ellie was being attacked by a group of men. Two of the
men took off at the sound of the approaching vehicle. The third one was slower to stop
punching at Ellie s body on the ground. Another ran from the front of the car and caught
up after the others.
Fury bubbled up inside him. They jumped out of the truck. Aric s wolf pushed at the
skin. The anger riding him was hard to contain the closer he got to his sister. His wolf
snarled, urging the shift to happen. Aric had to tamp down the urge to let the animal free.
They ran for Ellie. She struggled to stand. Jake and Nathan took off after the men.
Jordan& She whimpered, pointing toward the car.
Aric s heart froze. He jerked in a circle until he saw Jordan s body lying by the car s
front bumper. Blood covered her arms. He ran to her in a blur, stomach tightening with
each breath he took.
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