Chapter 38 DANE I reached for my grandfather , but it was as if the shadows .

attacking him were solid .

They smashed into my chest like a giants fist , throwing me back .

It reminded me of the day Aurora thought she was meeting with vampires , but instead it was something else .

Darker and older .

But Id shredded the creatures in that house .

This , whatever it was , slammed me backward without effort .

My back cracked into a tree and a shock of pain went through my torso .

Were under attack in the woods ! I sent the alert through the pack bond .

Sent pictures and impressions of the thing we faced .

Instantly , wolves were transforming .

Pack members were running for us .

I felt for Evelyn .

She was a member of the Hundred Lakes Pack , which meant she wasnt part of the Blue Ridge Pack network , yet .

Thankfully , as an Alpha , I could still speak to her when I needed to .

Evelyn , go inside .

Were under attack .

Chapter 38 Attack ? she repeated .

But Im the chosen .

Get in the house ! I snarled .

Youre pregnant with my child ! 2/6 I cut off the conversation , which had happened in bare seconds .

as the shadows pinned me to the tree .

It released me , and I fell to the ground in a crouch .

My wolf was snapping and snarling at this … enemy .

This evil that dared enter my territory .

My body rippled and grew , my teeth and claws growing , my clothes ripping as I took on my lycan form .

I attacked .

I tore at the shadows .

My grandfather choked and gagged .

His lips were taking on a blue tinge as the vines held him aloft , his feet kicking inches above the earth .

, but another grew in

one I destroyed , another

, the

moved to attack the shadows , but more grew , pushing them back

and raked across them , leaving them with long , bloody gouges down their flanks

! Evelyn ran from the forest

toward her in horror , my mouth open to command her to turn around and

Chapter 38 3/6 Then she

her fingers were long and elegant , tipped with white

them up , and a swirl of moonlight grew

her palms away from her body and

grandfather and exploded

insects screeching , and half the vines

of light and shot it out

again .

growing , but

awful , oppressive feeling of

! I roared at my wolves

her ! They attacked , and

more bursts of light , the shadows screamed and

disappeared entirely , one of

end like

plunged into his

The shadows disappeared .

My grandfather dropped .

he lay still

I

He couldnt die .

him still

all the family I had

hand to his neck

There was

one , but

his shirt , looking for the

, but over his heart there was a blackened circle with sickly purple and black tendrils spreading from it , as if it were poison that was being spread through

grandfather took a gasping

flew

looked from me to Aurora

then did I realize she was kneeling across from me ,

fingers , then grabbed my

… not what you think … Then

I

could save him , it

ran over to me and knelt at

something ! I

held up

in

and I could tell she

… Dane , I dont think this magic works that

I did , thats a

heal him

burn this out of him ? I asked , pulling my grandfathers shirt aside to reveal

Maybe .

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