An ugly gray wolf stalked out from the dark woods, followed by another and another. Jace and Seraphine each took a side of me, ready to fight. When the rogues moved forward, it was in a rush, all of them coming at us in unison. Jace and Seraphine both lunged at the wolves closest to me, trying to protect me, but there were so many of them and only the three of us. Jace grabbed a large black wolf by the neck and bit down, shaking it until it stopped moving. But as soon as he had dealt with that one, two more were on top of him. I watched in horror as they bit into his muscular back, trying to get to his neck. He continued to fight, but soon he was under a pile of rogue wolves. Seraphine was fast for an older woman, and she managed to take out two of the smaller female wolves, biting into their necks and pulling until they went down, but she wasn‘t a warrior. A larger male came at her, and as I saw him knock her to the ground, leaping on top of her, tears filled my eyes. Would these two give their lives trying to protect me and my son? They had done their best to fight them off. However, there were too many of the enemies. Holding my boy tightly against my chest, I wielded the scalpel. It was no match for the giant gray wolf that snarled as it came at me. With its powerful snout, it hit my arm, knocking the makeshift weapon away. “Get away from me!” I screamed. How I wished I could shift! I tried to kick the wolf in the head, but it grabbed my leg and bit down, yanking me off of my feet. I sheltered my baby to protect him from the fall, but his cries echoed in my ears as pain radiated up my calf to my knee. Another wolf bit into my side. I felt my bones crunch and smelled blood in the air. I couldn‘t believe this was how I was going to die–and my baby? Would they at least spare my child? My elbow flew out, striking the wolf in the face, but it did nothing as it continued to bite down on my side, the other still gnawing on my leg. The pain was so intense, I couldn‘t breathe. My head was swimming. It felt like my insides were being ripped out. Just when I felt myself starting to fade away, the wolf next to me yelped and let go. The one on my leg fell limply on top of me, like it was dead. I tried to turn my head to see what was happening. Was it Jace or Seraphine who had fought through, or had some of my guards arrived? However, when I looked up at the newcomer, all I could see above me were glowing red eyes and a wolf with a vaguely familiar fur color. “No–!!” I screamed desperately and used my entire body to shield the little life in my arms with the last of my consciousness. Then ... the world went black. – **Ethan‘s POV When I saw them, my heart was thumping like it didn‘t belong to me, and my whole body shook in the absolute terror that chilled me to the bone.

Rosalie, my beautiful girl, lying on the ground in a pool of her own blood, with the two wolves who were still clamping down on her. In her arms was a wiggling, screaming child. Immediately, with all of the rage coursing through my veins at the moment, I ripped them both to shreds. They didn‘t even get a chance to scream before I tore their throats out, I tossed them away from Rosalie and saw her turn toward me. Time had stopped for me at that moment as all the emotions flooded through my body at the sight of her. My angel, my love, my life.copy right hot novel pub