Total pages in book: 28
Estimated words: 26056 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 130(@200wpm)___ 104(@250wpm)___ 87(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 26056 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 130(@200wpm)___ 104(@250wpm)___ 87(@300wpm)
In all my life, I’ve never seen my polar bear unleashed. I’ve never seen him fight with reckless abandon. With such rage.
These wolves don’t stand a chance. I rip through them like a chainsaw through butter, sending them flying and bloody and limping away. Their whimpers and howls fill the air as I go through two or three at a time.
I keep an eye on Victoria, but she’s tough as nails. Her bear grew up with two older brothers and god, it shows. I fall a little deeper in love when I see her bite the back of a large gray wolf and toss him into the light pole so hard it bends.
Mace stands back, watching his pack get decimated beside Knox who never phases. He’s standing there with his arms crossed, barking out orders to his dogs.
“Get back in the fight,” he screams at a wolf that’s limping away, blood pouring out of his side courtesy of my claws.
He actually gets them organized and they start attacking us as one. The wolves are weaker than we are, but there are so many of them. We’re vastly outnumbered. I make my way over to Victoria as they swarm us, my claws slicing the air in warning as I find my girl in the chaos.
My bear is breathing heavily and so is Victoria’s. I don’t know how much longer we can keep this up.
Forever, I tell my bear. You’ll fight forever to keep her safe.
But they keep coming and now Mace’s giant wolf is joining the fight. His head is low, mouth snarling as he prowls over with the hair on his back sticking straight up.
It galvanizes the troops.
The wolves back away and rally around him, finding their second wind. There are nine left. Three of them are laying on the pavement, not moving, and Knox is still in his human form barking out orders.
“On three,” Knox shouts to his pack. “Swarm the big one. Go for his throat.”
Victoria’s grizzly gives me a concerned look.
I dig my paws into the concrete and growl possessively, ready for anything they bring.
But a part of me is worried. There are so many of them and these guys are tough. They’ve spent their lives fighting and they definitely have the numbers.
I’m not so worried about myself. I’m terrified about what’s going to happen if I fall. What will they do to my girl?
I push that horrible thought out of my head and get ready for the wave of teeth and claws about to come my way.
“One!” Knox shouts. “Two!”
He never gets to three.
A booming roar rips through the night sky.
I feel the earth shaking under my paws.
The wolves step back and look around in panic.
And then—
BOOM.
Magnus’ monstrous grizzly comes charging out of the wilderness like a goddamn wrecking ball.
He heads right for Knox.
The cocky fuck tries to phase, but he’s too slow and Magnus’ grizzly has the drop on him. He doesn’t hesitate.
He launches on Knox from behind, jaws wide, and sinks his teeth straight into his neck. Blood sprays. Knox screams, but it’s already over. Magnus tears him down and spits him out like he’s nothing.
His limp body collapses onto the pavement. Dead.
My polar bear snarls as the odds even up a bit. Three bears versus a bunch of lowly wolves? I’ll take that bet any day.
I charge forward, roaring as I lock eyes on Mace’s wolf. His goons try to stop me, but Victoria and Magnus are all over them, pinning them to the ground, knocking them off their paws, tearing chunks of fur out of their backs.
I find Mace through the chaos, and our eyes lock.
It’s time to end this once and for all.
For Victoria. For our future. For everything.
I charge Mace like a goddamn freight train.
He meets me head-on, snarling through massive white fangs, his pack surrounding him. I slam into two of them, sending them both flying before I connect with Mace. He collides into me with his full weight, but I don’t give an inch.
My bear snarls as the large wolf bounces back. He’s quick on his paws though, and comes leaping at me from the side.
One of his boys tries to distract me, but I don’t take the bait even when he sinks his teeth into my hind leg. I never take my eyes off Mace.
Victoria’s grizzly takes care of the wolf on my leg and I leap onto Mace in a brutal showdown. He comes at me just as hard—claws tearing and teeth slashing, as bodies crash into the pavement all around us with bone-shattering force.
He’s strong. I’ll give him that. But I’m stronger. And I’m not just fighting for pride—I’m fighting for her. For us.
For an incredible future I know is waiting for us on the other side of this brawl.
I just have one last loose end to take care of before we can ride off into the sunset.