Fractured by N.O Darling

Chapter 0011

Chapter 11

The telltale growl of a predator grows louder as it approaches from the darkness. I urge my feet to run, but they refuse. I try to force out a scream, but it won’t come. The only thing I can do is breathe heavily as panic grips me My legs begin to tremble under the weight of my fear.

“Don’t move,” A voice whispers from behind me. I want to respond that I couldn’t move even if I wanted to, but words fail me. I hear a whoosh behind me and then a huge dog appears at my side, growling aggressively back at the predator lurking in the shadows. The dog moves to stand in front of me protectively, its thick black coat shining in the moonlight. It edges forward, snarling and snapping its jaws. Then I see it, bright blue eyes emerge from the shadows. Coming out to challenge my protector. It’s at this moment that I realise these are not just big dogs, they’re freaking wolves! Why are there wolves here? My mind goes back to the books I’d fead. The originals were soulbound to the wolf spirits. One of the gifts of a Grey was shapeshifting. These are not just wolves, they’re Greys. They’re people, and one of them wants to kill me. I have a sneaking suspicion I know who the murderous wolf is. “Mason,” the name slips from my mouth as I think it. At my voice the snarling stops. The wolf I suspect is Mason stares at me with curious eyes before letting out a whimper and disappearing back into the shadows. I scan the darkness for any trace of him but he seems to have gone

“How can one girl cause me so much drama in such a short amount of time,” the voice of Mr Collins snap

is gone. In its place stands Mr Collins. He was my protector. Great. I don’t

dead doesn’t

to scare you away. I’ll deal with him tomorrow. You need to get back to your room and keep

turned it into wood shavings earlier. Just take me home, back

do that, you are exactly where you should be,” he responds, his tone softer than usual. I glance up at him and see concern in his eyes. There he goes with his Jekyll and Hyde act again. He pulls out his phone and appears to send a message to someone before he comes to sit beside me on the stone ledge with a drawn–out sigh. “Josie, I can’t promise things are going to be easy for you, but I can promise I’m going to do everything I can to keep you safe,” he says. His

wolf?” I shake my head in disbelief that those words just came out

happening here? This morning I woke up as a normal human, just like I have done every single day for the last eighteen years, and now I’m in a different realm, in a magic school, with magic powers, and at some point in the next fourteen months I’m going to start turning into a wolf! Oh, and let’s not forget my multiple soulmates and that I might be the reincarnation of one of the originals and here to save the world! Happy freaking Monday! “What’s wrong with her?” I hear Theo ask. I guess he just magicked himself here from somewhere. I laugh harder. “I think the shock has got to her, she’s having some

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