Chapter 25: There Is Always A Surprise Around Every Corner

Realizing too late, that I am under its spell, I stand there frozen waiting for something bad to happen.  The thing that I had originally thought was a wolf, is now in the shape of a man again and he looks just like Alpha Tomas.  He is staring down at me with the most ill intent of anyone I have ever known but does nothing except for stare at me as if he owns my soul.

I hear a sound off in the distance and then I watch silently as Alpha Tomas or whatever it is that has taken his shape, turns around and stares off to where the sound came from.  At that moment, he must lose control of me because suddenly I feel like I can move.  Before he turns back around, I launch myself in the direction of the front door. 

Unfortunately, I don’t make it in time, and I know it when I feel his fingers around my neck as they tighten, making me black out.  When I come to, I realize that I must have been out only for a second, because when I raise my head, I