Page 31 of Chosen Destiny

We slowed and circled to the side of the house, where I could see the front and the back. Twenty wolves were attacking the front door, creating a huge ruckus, and I realized that every shifter inside was probably focused on that immediate threat.

I watched the back in horror as the human jimmied the lock, slowly opened the door, then slipped inside, followed by the five wolves.

Shit. I had to let them know before it was too late.

CHAPTERTEN

I tuggedat the connection of the Oxford wolves closest to me. I wasn’t sure who was in the house, which belonged to Trevor, Charles’s father, so I linked with everyone.Whoever is in Trevor’s house, there are five wolves and one shifter in human form coming in through the back. Everyone be on alert. This won’t be the only house they try this on.

Miles, Lucas, and I increased our speed. Each time my front paws hit the ground, my shoulder ached, but the pain was easing, indicating that the injury had begun healing.

Zeke, Trevor, Jack, and I are in here,Jasmine linked.We had Zeke tied up, but we let him go to help us, so he and Trevor are firing the guns to hold off the wolves outside.

I hated that Zeke was involved, but the damage was done, and he and Trevor were the best shots in the pack.

It’d be up to Jack and Jasmine to take down the six intruders without risking the twenty out front, forcing their way in. I wondered why the hell so few of them were in the house. It would’ve been safer to have twenty pack members together, but we needed to get in there to protect them.

Theo’s pack contained two hundred members total, including children, split between the sixty houses that made up the neighborhood.

We reached the door, and I stood on my hind legs and used my mouth to turn the doorknob and let us in. Someone inside screamed. My blood ran cold. It sounded like Jasmine.

As I walked back a few steps, I dropped to all fours. Then the three of us ran into the kitchen. Since all the houses here had the same floor plan, I knew to barrel out of the kitchen and turn left to run straight into the living room.

I took in the chaos. Zeke and Trevor were at the windows. Each had a gun aimed out of a small opening they’d created by raising the pane a couple of inches. I despised that Zeke had a gun, but I didn’t have time to challenge that decision. Jack and Jasmine were in wolf form and taking on the five animals while the human charged Zeke with a knife.

Only one wolf challenged Jasmine, swatting at her sides, while the other four ganged up on Jack close to the kitchen.

Help Jack,I commanded, and Miles and Lucas sprang into action, obeying my command, while I focused on reaching Jasmine.

Zeke, behind you,I warned, needing him alive to help hold off the enemy in the front yard.

The black wolf hit Jasmine in the side, staining her strawberry-blonde fur with blood. They were in the center of the room on the other side of the couch and the love seat.

I hopped onto the arm of the couch and pushed off, then landed on the black wolf’s back. Without pausing, I sank my claws into his side and bit the back of his neck.

He tried to buck me off, but I clung on and didn’t budge. He stumbled into the glass coffee table and tipped it over. The glass fell from the top and shattered, shards and chunks of glass scattering across the wooden floor.

The black wolf turned and rammed my side into the closest table leg. It hit the side where I’d been scratched, and I lost my breath.

A gunshot cracked, and I jerked my head up. Jack yelped, and I turned to see that the bullet had hit him in the butt, right next to his tail. An alabaster wolf and a muddy-brown wolf sprang on Jack together.

There was no way we were going to survive.

Kicking up his back legs, the black wolf dumped me on the upside-down table frame. My back landed hard on a table leg, splintering the wood and crushing it to the floor. My body jolted, and Bodey’s panic trickled inside me.

Moving slower than I would’ve liked, I desperately tried to roll over before the black wolf could attack again. He spun, ready to strike, when Jasmine surged forward and bit into his neck. The black wolf moved to the right to get out of her grip, but she held on tight.

Help Jack,she linked.I can take it from here.

Another shot was fired as I finally spun to see Zeke hit the enemy human coming for him with a knife.

An enemy wolf from outside leaped into the windowpane, cracking the glass. With Zeke distracted, the wolf had advanced on that side of the house.

“Zeke, get your ass back in position,” Trevor snarled, and I was glad I wasn’t the one to chastise him.

Back on all fours, I moved toward Jack. The alabaster and muddy-brown wolves launched simultaneous attacks on him. Miles and Lucas were still engaged in battle, and the enemy wolves could now take several good blows at Jack, thanks to his injury.

The alabaster wolf was the strongest, so I targeted him first. I ran to the corner of the room just as the lighter wolf lowered his head to charge, and I decided to do the same. I crouched, gathering all my strength, and leaped into his side a moment before he could ram into Jack.

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