Chapter 11

“Asher, what are you doing? You will tear down one of your own!” Chase’s veins popped as he struggled against Asher’s wolf. He turned his head to find Ginny hiding behind his sister. “Get out of here!”

She didn’t need a reminder to join the others who left earlier. Chase and Carl held Asher down while he trashed about and all the while Maggie stood with her hands to her mouth watching them struggle with the huge black wolf. Carl’s fist suddenly struck Asher’s jaw and a whimper later he stopped struggling and calmed down only slightly. The silence that fell over them was heavy. A few seconds later Asher’s wolf began to transform, forelimbs became hands, hind limbs straightened into legs and the fur on his body faded. He slapped Carl and Chase’s hands away and stood up. His hair was disheveled and a huge frown marred his brow.

“You would kill your own kind for a stranger, Ash?” the brown-haired woman clicked her tongue.

“Asher…” Maggie tried again. “Let me go. I swea