Page 100 of Chosen Destiny

I’d been shot.

Bodey’s panic flooded through me, his intensity dulling the pain.

Gunfire from our group went off behind me, and Bodey rolled me over, his body covering mine.

Dammit, Callie,he whimpered as he tried to cover every inch of my body.That was meant for me, not you.

Snarls sounded as yet another fight broke out, but between my chest constricting in fear and Bodey, who lay on top of me, oxygen couldn’t fill my lungs.

I need you to move,I grunted, trying to push him off me.

He didn’t budge.No way in hell are you taking another bullet. You’re staying right where you are.

Pain sliced through Bodey, strangling me as more weight pressed on my body as if a wolf was standing on top of my mate. Bodey tensed, and he groaned faintly, but he remained on top.

Bodey!A scream strangled me, but I couldn’t release it since my lungs were empty.

I’m fine,he replied, but his agony rolled through me.

He wouldn’t fight until the woman with the gun was killed. That wasn’t how this worked. I wouldn’t allow him to die protecting me… not like this.

We got the bitch in the tree,Jack linked as the scent of blood thickened around me, no doubt Bodey’s.

Tapping into my wolf, I pulled strength from her and slid my legs out from under his body. I rolled to the side, forcing Bodey off me gently while removing my dagger from the sheath with my injured, throbbing hand.

A light-gray wolf tumbled off Bodey’s back to the ground, and I pushed through my pain and sank the blade into the enemy’s side.

The wolf whimpered, swatting at where the weapon protruded from her body, as three more wolves charged toward Bodey and me.

Bodey grunted and stood slowly, the agony of his wounds mixing with mine. I attempted to stand, but my head spun, followed by a burning sting of discomfort shooting from my shoulder where the bullet had hit. It didn’t hurt as much as the burns on my hand, but it was distracting.

Maybe my body had been denied oxygen underneath Bodey.

As I pulled out a gun, two of the three wolves lunged at me. With their speed, I couldn’t aim, and Lucas and Samuel were in the same direction, fighting two more wolves.

I couldn’t risk shooting and hurting someone I loved.

Three wolves are racing our way,I linked with Bodey, noticing the blood soaking the back of his shirt along with three deep slashes from the enemy wolf’s claws.

My heart lurched into my throat. He’d been scratched, and so had I. What if they’d laced their claws with nightshade? But there was no time to find out. More urgently than before, we had to keep going. All I could hope for was that, since they hadn’t been expecting us, they hadn’t had time to take those precautions.

The darker enemy wolf charged my left side, coming between Bodey and me, while the other attacked my right side. The white wolf aimed for Bodey.

The two wolves moved in tandem, and I rolled my legs left, timing my attack so my feet hit one wolf in the chest while I hit the other wolf on the side of the head with the butt of my gun. The wolf at my feet flew back several feet, but I missed the mark on the lighter-gray wolf on my right side. I hit her neck instead of the side of her head.

Her teeth clamped down a few inches in front of my shoulder. The impact had her stumbling a few steps away, giving me a minute to get my thoughts right.

The enemy wolf hadn’t gone for the kill, meaning the wolves knew who I was. There was no other reason that they wouldn’t try to kill me unless Kel wanted me alive.

Bodey snarled as he fought on my left, but I couldn’t take my eyes off my target to check on him or anyone else. My saving grace was that the pain hadn’t intensified on Bodey’s end, which meant he hadn’t gotten injured again.

The lighter enemy wolf’s eyes widened as she bared her teeth and countered, heading back toward me.

Her gaze had flicked to the darker wolf, proving they were timing their strikes together when the hairs on the back of my neck rose. I turned my head quickly. A third wolf was sneaking up behind me.

I was their target, and I’d bet more wolves were trying to break away and attack me.

Knowing I had to do something quickly, I grabbed one gun with my right hand, the intense burning pain throbbing, and shot at the wolf sneaking up behind me. None of my people or allies were back there, so I fired without hesitation.

---