Oath Sworn - K.N. Banet Page 0,100

it’s safe!”

“Okay!” I helped her close the heavy door and watched her lock herself in with the chains and padlock. “Landon and Tywin are still Changing!”

“I’ve got them,” I promised her.

By the time I turned around, wolves were running in from the back door.

I snarled as the first one jumped for me.

It’s on.

I snapped, fangs tearing through flesh and muscle into the first wolf. A second wolf jumped on my back, then a third. I flung the first wolf and roared, shaking hard to dislodge the wolves over my back. I tried to keep Tywin and Landon behind me, but with so many wolves, I knew there was no chance I could protect them too.

Another two wolves slammed into my side, and knocked me down. I felt teeth sink into my abdomen. I kicked with my back legs, slicing one of them. Once it backed off, I was able to get to my feet, snarling. Around me, the wolves circled. There had to be over a dozen of them.

It felt endless, rolling around and trying to keep the wolves from exposing my vulnerable areas. When another jumped on my back, it was knocked off by another wolf.

“It’s me, Ranger,” the wolf announced. “Sheila and Keith are on the way!”

I didn’t respond as I turned to sink my fangs into a wolf behind me who was holding my back leg in his jaws. It got him to let go, and I held on until I was sure the wolf was dead, backing away with its body. The rest were fighting against each other.

More wolves, I was hoping Sheila and Keith, ran into the room and slammed into others. In flurries of fur, I saw wolves hit each other. I couldn’t tell anyone apart, and it meant I couldn’t go after any wolves or help anyone without possibly getting it wrong. I looked over for Tywin and Landon, and they weren’t behind me anymore. They had to be among all of the wolves in the fight.

“Jacky, help my father!” Landon roared in my head.

I turned to the other end of the room, where Heath and Emma were still brawling, Dean trying to take Heath from behind. I ran over into the fight and barreled into Dean, sending the simple grey wolf to the ground. He jumped up, snapping back at me. I roared, bracing for the fight as I put myself between him and the fight for dominance.

He tried to get around me and I sidestepped, continuing to block his path. He lunged and I met him, ramming my side into him, knocking him back again.

“No more of that,” I told him.

“She won’t lose. I’m just speeding up the process. There’s no reason for all the wolves here to die,” he replied.

“Maybe you shouldn’t have called the reinforcements, then.” I snarled, snapping towards him.

He tried to meet me in a fight again but I swatted him aside, then began to circle him.

“Stay down,” I ordered.

“Never. She’s going to be the best Alpha this world has ever seen. She’s going to put werewolves at the top. For this, we’re going to see that your kind are driven into the extinction you should have had centuries ago.” Dean began to rise to his feet and I lunged, slamming him into a wall. He yelped and whined as bones broke under the force.

“No.” I wasn’t having that. I let off the pressure for a second, only to slam him into the wall with my side a second time. Ribs broke under the pressure and he yelped again, sinking to the floor. “Stay down.”

He whimpered and did the canine equivalent to a cough. I leaned over, sniffing. I must have really screwed up his ribs. I left him there after that and turned to Emma and Heath.

“No more Dean to help you,” I said to her. I looked over to the big fight, seeing that it was an even match now and hoping the winning wolves were the ones on my side. Carey was huddled in the middle of her cage, terrified but safe. “Your reinforcements don’t matter. Submit to Heath.”

The dominance fight paused for a split second as both of them looked over at me. I stepped forward.

“Let this go, Emma. You’re losing.”

“I won’t lose,” she growled back at me.

There was an invisible blast that felt like a concrete wall hitting me. I slammed into the wall over Dean and I was barely able to recover before falling on him and crushing him.

“You trying to