Page 61 of Wolf Bitten

“Better not test him.” Adam patted Raffe on the shoulder. “Lucy will stay with her. Your girl will be fine.”

I pecked him one last time and said, “I love you. Now go kill ’em.”

He smirked. “Now I have to. I can’t make you unhappy.”

“Gag me.” Lucy shook her head. “Kill me. Something. Just make this stop.” The corners of her mouth tilted up.

Sighing, Raffe stepped back, and Adam and Keith dragged him onto the bus. Lucy and I stood there, watching them pull away.

As the bus moved farther away, an uneasy prickle ran down my spine. I already missed him.

“Let’s go to the student center and grab some lunch,” Lucy suggested, tugging me away.

Hours later,my phone buzzed.

Raffe: We’re back, and I’m taking a quick shower. Wanna meet at the student center to get food?

That was enough to get me back on my feet.

“What’s going on?” Lucy pausedCriminal Minds.

“They want us to meet them for dinner.” It was close to ten, but I wasn’t complaining. We didn’t have any food here, and I’d rather sit with Raffe and watch him stuff his face than wait longer to see him.

Lucy turned off the TV and tossed the remote onto the couch. “I could use a snack.”

Within minutes, we were heading out of the apartment.

Twenty feet away from the front doors, a woman yelled from the woods, “Help!” She sounded near tears.

We stopped in our tracks, and the world spun.

Two words popped into my head.

Vampire attack.

And the person was screaming for help, which would bring attention to what was going on.

We had to act fast.

CHAPTER NINETEEN

My blood jolted as I spun around, but before I could take a step, Lucy caught my wrist.

“Go back inside the apartment.” Her eyes narrowed. “I’ll handle this.”

She had to be smoking something if she thought I would run back to safety. “Not happening,” I gritted out, my blood already at a low fizz. “Let’s go—just tell Raffe and the others to get their asses over here.” I wanted to help the person in trouble, but that didn’t mean I wanted to be hurt, killed, or kidnapped again.

I took another step toward the fir trees, but Lucy jerked me back.

“Wait,” she said, and the new presence in my chest warmed and inched forward. “If something happens to you, Raffe will kill me.”

Thiswas the argument she wanted to have when someone was in danger?

I focused on making my intention clear. “Are you going to wait for Raffe to get here before helping?”

“What? No.” She blinked several times. “But I’m a wolf shifter who’s been part of this world my whole life, and I can control my magic.” She flinched. “I mean—”

My head jerked back, and my stomach dropped. She’d never thrown my lack of control in my face before. “Don’t. You meant it, but I don’t care. You’re my friend, not to mention Raffe’s cousin, and I love you. I won’t let you go alone.”

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