Toxic Love An Alpha’s Regret - Season 1 Episode 14

I hear the wolves before I see them.

They stalk out of the woods. Four of them. Not quite as large as Aaron but still big. Their maws are open and snarling. Long teeth showing. Dark fur rippling as they move.

Aaron’s wolf looks at me.

Then his huge form moves in front of me, physically blocking me

from this threat.

I suck a breath.

There is nowhere to go.

His body morphs until he’s part man, part wolf and far more powerful than both.

Aaron doesn’t wait. He lunges at the lead wolf, his claws digging into the flesh of the animal before hurling the creature over our heads and off the cliff.

It happens so fast I hardly believe my eyes.

The three other wolves surround him, and Aaron kicks and punches, slashes and bites.

He’s strong and fast, but one of the animals bites down on his left leg, hampering his movements and they close in.

There’s a rock near me and I grab it and hurl it at the head of the wolf biting him.

It hits his shoulder and he snarls but releases Aaron. The distraction lets Aaron kick out, and the wolf goes flying.

Now it’s one against two.

The wolves wrestle him to the ground, and the three of them roll toward me. Towards the edge of the cliff. I leap to the side and

stand frozen.

I can’t believe this is happening.

There are howls in the distance. A slew of them. It’s Aaron’s

pack and they are responding.

But I don’t think they’ll make it in time.

Aaron faces two adversaries, and that other wolf that he’d sent soaring into the woods, that third wolf, a vicious-looking male, stalks me.

I inch back until my heels are at the edge.

I wobble and the wolf lunges.

My arms windmill as I try to hurl myself sideways instead of

backwards to what would be a fatal fall. The wolf spins at the last second, his jaws sinking into my ankle.

I scream.

His teeth sink in, scraping against the bone, and then I’m being dragged backwards.

I grab at the earth, my nails breaking as I dig my fingers into the ground for purchase. The wolf’s over the edge, its weight dragging me down.

“Aaron!” I scream.

His gold eyes meet mine only for an instant, then he roars.

But he’s busy mauling and killing the other wolves. They have him pinned. He can’t reach me no matter how he fights to be free.

I close my eyes as I slip.

The earth is wet and the mud gets in my mouth and face as I thrash and fight to hang on.

My ankle is on fire.

I slide another foot and the added weight of my own body hanging off the face of the cliff makes me sink further.

My last thoughts are, that for as willing as I’ve been to die, to refuse treatments and accept my fate… I don’t want to let go.