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“But Abbie, she is right there,” I tell him. He shakes his head. I sigh before nodding. “Fine, at least let me climb out and see if I can open the door for you so you can slide out.” He sighs, glancing at his trapped legs and then nods.

“Be careful. That rod is all the way through,” he says, peering at my stomach. I touch it and hiss, wondering where it came from before realizing it is a wheel brace on the back floor. I gulp but carefully climb through my broken window and out of the car. Blood drenches me from the movement, and I hit the ground hard, coughing and sputtering.

“Azalea!” Dustin shrieks.

“I’m fine,” I choke, getting to my feet and trudging around the wrecked car. That’s when I hear a blood-curdling scream.

“Ivy!” her voice rings out clearly through the forest, bouncing off the trees. My blood goes ice-cold, and I glance through the broken windshield at Dustin. He shakes his head. His eyes go wide when I hear her scream again. My heart rate spikes, and I feel adrenaline pulse through me.

“Don’t you do it,” Dustin screams as I take off, running to wherever I hear her voice screaming out into the night.

Chapter Thirty-Four

Once I start running down the hill, I find I am unable to stop. The incline propels me down, and even as I try to gain traction, I slide, underestimating how steep the mountain is, and unable to stop my feet. I try to grab a tree trunk, only for my grip to slip straight off, causing the air to leave my lungs as the motion of the attempt hurtles me to the ground at an angle. The wheel brace pushes through me further, stealing my breath as pain courses through me.

A scream tears from my lips at the agony, and I roll down the hill, smashing into trees and becoming airborne. I tumble down before hitting the bottom and seeing black as my head bounces off the hard ground.

It is only moments when my surroundings return. I am too dazed and in too much pain at first to realize what’s going on. The wheel brace has been ripped out somewhere along the way. My vision blurs and doubles as I get to my hands and knees, trying to catch my breath. The trees look more like a wall encasing me as I stagger to my feet. I stumble around blindly for what feels likeforever until the vertigo and blurriness abate. The forest is deadly silent. Not even the sound of crickets can be heard. Stumbling out of the tree line, I find myself in a grassy area beside a road.

My eyes try desperately to scan my surroundings, my vision attempting to correct itself. But everything looks extremely fuzzy except the neon sign, which blinks frantically. All I can hear is the static noise emanating from it. The service station is about 300 yards from me and across the road. I am about to make my way over to it when Abbie’s scream rings out loudly and sends my head turning to my left to see Kade ripping Abbie backward from the woods. Abbie is kicking and screaming, thrashing around wildly as she struggles against him. Her pleas fall on deaf ears, however. Kade ignores her as he rips her out of the tree line near to me.

A gasp escapes me as I pivot and head toward her, only to trip in a small dip in the grass, landing face down in the dewy grass.

My heart races as I struggle to get to my feet. My breathing is harsh as I stagger determinedly toward Abbie and Kade. I keep falling, unable to keep my legs under me, and hitting the damp ground. The air leaves my lungs in a long wheeze on the fourth fall. I feel like I am trying to walk on the moon or like I’m drunk. The ground is moving under me, and I clutch my stomach, trying to stem the bleeding. My head pounds against my skull as I make my way over to them.

“I reject you; I reject you!!” Abbie screams. I groan, the sound barely audible to my own ears over her screaming. Kade tosses her to the ground, and she crawls away from him as I struggle to get back to my feet.

“Doesn’t work like that, love. That is not how you reject someone,” he growls at her, stalking toward her. On my hands and knees, I see a rock and grab it before getting to my feet, and I hear a scream. It takes me a few moments to realize it is my own war cry when I rush at him, and he suddenly spins around, deflecting my raised hand about to hit himwith the rock.

Kade and I crash to the ground. The rock flies from my grip as he lands on top of me and rolls away. Kade growls, trying to pin me.

“What are you doing here?” he snaps, holding me down on my back. I thought it odd. He could easily kill me, yet he only tries to pin me. Kade abruptly freezes before he growls and looks over his shoulder. His eyes dart to the tree line in a panic. Suddenly, I hear a thud, and Kade tenses above me.

I spot Abbie behind me, the rock in her hand, and Kade’s blood drips on me, where she has hit him with it. Kade turns to attack her, but I grab his ankle, tripping him, and Abbie smashes him in the head with the rock again, and he goes limp on the ground, face down and unmoving.

Sitting up, I stare at her, and she rushes over to me. Tears streak her face, blood coats her skin, and she has twigs in her hair.

The rock drops from her hand as she steps over Kade and moves toward me to help me sit up. My hand goes immediately to my stomach, which is bleeding a steady stream and saturating my torn and filthy pants.

“Ivy!” Abbie gushes, clutching my arms as she hauls me upright. A sigh escapes me, and she grabs my face in her hands, sobbing uncontrollably. Only the moment she does. I see Kade get back to his feet, and my eyes go wide as he stumbles, looking around.

“Abbie!” I gasp, and she looks briefly behind her before ripping me to my feet with a strength I wasn’t sure she possessed, given the state she was in.

“Can you shift?” I ask her, but she shakes her head.

“You?” I look down at my bleeding wound and also shake mine. Abbie whimpers, and Kade seems confused. Suddenly, howls in the distance ring out loudly, sending my blood cold. An icy shiver slivers up my spine.

“The pack! He called his pack!” Abbie panics.

“We need to get to Dustin; I can’t shift,” I choke out, nodding toward the tree line. She looks up at the steep incline. Suddenly, a dark, blurryfigure pops out of the corner of my eye, tackling her to the ground. I scream when I see Kade sink his teeth into her neck, re-marking her and reinforcing their bond. Wolves burst from the trees and across the road, coming from behind the service station and racing toward us.

“You can’t touch the girl!” Kade screams at them while pointing at me, then turns his attention back to Abbie. He grips her shoulders, slamming her onto the ground. Adrenaline courses through me. Suddenly, I am no longer on the ground, and I find myself standing.

“Submit!” Kade screams at her. Abbie’s face goes slack under his command just as my body crashes into his.

Abbie shakes her head, trying to fight it off, and I hit the ground beside her. Kade rolls over the top of me.

My eyes go wide when I see wolves rushing straight at us, snapping their teeth, and snarling at us. I close my eyes, waiting for my death, when Abbie grips my fingers, and my head rolls to the side to find her looking at me.

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