105- saved by the beast

MICHAEL’S POV

“Move! Move! Move!”-

I barked at the rogue as we were swarmed by the blood-thirsty beasts who flashed their fangs at us.

I could see the red threads that surrounded Alaric’s beady eyes as he danced back and forth before me, his lithe body shadowed by the fog.

“Release the woman to us Alpha, and I'll forgive this terrible intrusion.” Alpha Alaric hissed, before I flashed my teeth right back at him, my arms tightening against Elena’s body which I held firmly to my chest.

“I’d rather die.” I growled, carefully retreating enough without turning my back on the hungry wolves.

“Then it would be my pleasure.” Alaric hissed, morphing into his hideously large wolf the second that I did. I whipped around to pound through the dark castle as their screams of glee and outrage filled the air.

My heart hammered with every step as the burning in my thighs increased. Firey arrows whizzed past our head just as we ducked into the line of the trees, and the leaves caught fire.

All around us