Chapter 143

“Da mn it, Leah!” James’ features contort with pain. He lets out some sound that is almost a whimper before his body starts convulsing uncontrollably.

If he’d been driving, we’d be off the road and wrapped around a tree.

I get out of the car and go to the driver’s side.

I open the back door and climb in. Then I sling my hands beneath James’ arms. He’s shivering like a baby.

I’m overcome with guilt. “I’m sorry,” I whisper. I know he was only being a hardass to protect me. Deep down, I’ve come to think this wolf is actually fond of me. “I’m sorry.”

Then I tug with everything I have and try to pull him into the

backseat.

James is massive. Not quite as tall as Aaron, but just as thick

and he weighs three times as much as me.

I grunt and groan and heave harder, but it’s like trying to move a mountain. When I finally drag him into the back, I climb over him into the front, push the seat forward so I can reach the pedals, and tear out of the parking lot. I jab the

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feature on my phone as I

James says. “They’ll…kill

result of the wolfsbane I injected into his bloodstream, but

crossover.

dying.” I stop because he roars. An instant later his eyes are blue again and his face looks normal, albeit sweating profusely. “Nod if you can understand

it recedes, like

ll a wolf, but I’m worried. He je rks his

call Adam. He’ll know what to do.” I turn left and accelerate as

He nods.

the prompts as my phone calls them

a rundown section of town

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