Chapter 56: Hunted

I smell the tang of the dead deer's blood too late, my senses as dulled as my skills. How did I miss the fresh kill? It's a perfect lure for Sage in his state. This can't be happening. Why did I leave him alone? I lurch forward, already running for him, but it's too late. The big men have seen him, are reaching into the back of the truck, pulling out rifles.

I may have to teach them a lesson after all.

"You! Boy!" The one Dorothy called Jake points his shotgun at Sage, but my love ignores him. I can feel Sage's wolf straining against his physical form, wanting to manifest, to rip apart the carcass and feed on it. But Sage is stronger. I siphon him power to keep him stable, but I'm still ten feet from him and he's looking down the barrel of a gun.