Those Red Eyes vi

~ Lochlan heard Penny screaming. When she’d been taken from the porch, he attempted to go after her but was pulled back into the fight with the werewolf he now faced. Older, stronger, bigger, Lochlan couldn't shake him to get to her aide. He had made it out of the clearing into the woods, but he was right back where they had started. Because of the lack of urgency of the werewolf he fought, he knew the other man was working with him. One kept him busy, while the other snatched Penny and got away. With Black injured, he knew he couldn't send his wolf after them. In this storm, there wouldn't be a trail to follow.

Distracted by his concern for her, he was too slow to block a blow that landed solidly in the center of his chest. It knocked the wind right out of him and sent him flying backward. He landed hard. Rain beating down on his face, he listened but heard nothing but the storm and his breathing. Panic tried to rise in his chest, but he stamped it down. She was fine.