Page 135 of Wolf Cursed
The windshield exploded, and my ears rang with the sounds of a crash. Glass flew in tiny shards into every space, nicking my skin, tangling in my hair.
Kai yelled something I couldn’t make out.
Someone screamed.
Probably me.
I shut my eyes and put my hands over my face to shield it from the glass flying. The car spun, the world outside spinning round and round until we came to an abrupt stop again.
I lowered my hands and saw a van parked in the center of the road. Not parked. Stopped. Its front end had been smashed into the dashboard.
I blinked, my thoughts clicking into place clumsily.
My body felt heavy. Too heavy to move.
As I stared ahead, a man got out of the van, stumbling a bit as his feet touched the pavement.
“Ash,” Kai said.
I looked over and saw him leaned against the seat, blood leaking from a wound on his head.
“You’re hurt,” I said. Or tried to. The words came out in a mumble of pain. It hurt to talk.
I reached for his hand and winced. It hurt to move.
“Ash, run,” Kai rasped, and my panic spiked.
The man from the van was headed this way, and nothing about his expression looked friendly.
“Is it her?” someone called out. A female. Her tone was harsh, no-nonsense.
I tried to crane my neck to see behind us, but my muscles wouldn’t obey. Everything felt…stuck.
“Ash, don’t let them take you,” Kai whispered.
There was desperation in his eyes now.
He fumbled with his seat belt as my door was wrenched open.
The man from the van peered in at me.
“It’s her,” he called to someone over his shoulder.
“Get her in the car.”
The female again. She didn’t sound nice.
The man grunted and reached over to unbuckle my seat belt. Kai grabbed his wrist, baring his teeth at the man.
“Don’t touch her,” Kai warned.
That calmed me. Kai would shift, and then they’d all be sorry.
But the man ripped out of Kai’s grasp much easier than should’ve been possible. He glared at Kai. “What are you going to do to stop me, lupin?” he taunted.
Kai didn’t answer.
“That’s what I thought. Your wolf’s just a little too beat up to join us, isn’t he?” The man grinned in victory and then clicked the button to release my seat belt.
