Chapter 98. Exposed

“Oh, dammit—he’s her mate!” Grant’s voice cut through the chaos, sharp with alarm. He yanked his body to the side of the clearing, attempting to intercept me before I reached Elizabeth. But his pivot came too late. In a flash, I lunged forward, muscles coiled and eyes blazing with the single purpose of freeing her from the vampire’s grip.

Grant leapt in between us, but I was already upon them. My massive wolf form blurred with motion—heart pounding, fangs bared. Before he realized it, Grant felt the full weight of my furious strength: one huge paw crashed against his right shoulder in a vicious arc, sending him spinning through the dirt, limbs skittering as he hit the ground hard.

At that moment, Savannah scrambled to her feet. I heard her cry, pleading: “Daniel…stop!” She thrust her cuffed hands toward me, desperation bleeding through her voice. But my mind was a whirl of something darker—rage, confusion, something primal and beyond her reach. My obsidian eyes “burned