Page 101 of Shadow City: Silver Wolf

His body convulsed before going limp.

My heart hurt, but I didn't allow myself to whimper or show any regret. The others would attempt to use my sympathetic side to their advantage, and they didn't need more leverage.

Gunshots fired as our last four enemies joined the fight. I scanned the area to find one left from the last batch locked on Griffin. There was a total of five who were still standing, and they were coordinating their attack.

Instead of attacking just one, I needed to cause pandemonium and swipe at everyone. That way, all of them would have to keep an eye on me.

Unsure whatI was going to do, I tried not to overthink it. I charged at each man, running into them before moving on to the next. I kicked my legs and bucked my body, imitating a bull.

All of my years of training had officially been flushed down the toilet.

Griffin continued to fire as I distracted as many of them as I could.

"What the hell is she doing?" the leader grumbled as I kicked a leg higher and hit his face. My claws slashed his cheek, and blood welled up.

"You stupid bitch," he spat and swung the butt of his gun toward my head.

Nope…I already got nailed there once, and it still hurt. I wouldn't allow myself to be injured a second time. I threw my body into his, which made the gun miss my head—barely—but his forearm hit me instead. It hurt, but not nearly as bad as if it had been metal.

Lowering my head even more, I bulldozed the leader into one of the tree trunks.

Duck,Griffin commanded.

Obeying, I dropped and looked upward as his gun fired. A bullet buzzed over my head and into the leader's heart. He jerked as his eyes widened. He glanced at his chest and then focused on me. He lifted his gun, ready to shoot me—but then his head bobbled to the side, and he slumped against the tree.

I spun around to find my next target and realized that there was only one remaining. The guy must have noticed the same thing because he turned and ran back in the direction they'd come from.

No, we couldn't let him get away—we might get some answers out of him. I chased after him, and he glanced over his shoulder at me. Seeing that I was catching up, his face hardened in determination. He reached for his belt buckle, and I knew exactly what he was going to do.

The same thing that damn bear shifter did. He even kept it in the same place.

I pushed my legs harder, urging myself to get to him before he took the damn pill. Once he got it in his mouth, there was no taking it back.

He spun around and fired. The bullet lodged in my shoulder. My leg crumpled underneath me, and I skidded into the ground.

I howled and linked with Griffin,He's about to kill himself.

What?Griffin sounded surprised.I'm hurrying.

But he wouldn't get there in time.

I forced myself to stand, my leg throbbing with sharp, excruciating pain. But I somehow managed to hobble toward him.

"I'm so sorry, but I had no choice." The enemy put the pill in his mouth and a tear dripped down his face. "You have no clue who you're up against."

Ugh. I wanted to ask questions, but I was in animal form and couldn't communicate with him. He seemed like a decent guy who’d been put in an impossible situation. I was beginning to see a common theme.

His body shook as the drug worked into his system. There was no saving him now.

My eyes burned, and my throat constricted with frustration and anger at whoever had created this mess. All of these people we'd killed might not have been here truly willingly, but at the end of the day, their goal was still the same.

Capture me.

Kill the others.

They’d forced us to do whatever was necessary to survive. Letting these men capture me would only make whoever the enemy was stronger and would cause even more unrest and hate to spread throughout our world.

Griffin raced toward me and stopped short when he saw the blood dripping from my shoulder.I felt you were in pain. What happened?He dropped to his knees and examined my wound.Did you get shot?

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