“Now it’s just you and me.”
Jackson’s words pierced through Lara’s skull and she knew that he relished the terror they caused. She had fallen to her knees beside Greg, and though she knew she should scramble to her feet and get as far away from Jackson as she could, she couldn’t move, not yet. Not when she knew that too much wolfsbane could kill even the strongest werewolf. With a hand that shook from adrenalin, fear, and horror, Lara pressed her fingers to his neck. His pulse beat against her skin, and Lara sobbed in relief.
Her choked sob was cut off when Jackson grabbed her hair and pulled her back, ripping her away from Greg with a cruel snap of his arm. Lara cried out, the nerves in her scalp screaming in agony while her feet scrambled on the floor. Jackson roughly dumped her on t
