Wolf's Claim (The Royal Heir #3) - Jen L. Grey Page 0,41

the hell are we going?" Ella cried in the backseat. "These two," she said as she pointed to Louis on one side and Mona on the other, "are not graceful and keep falling all over me. The next thing I know, we're going to hear a banjo."

"It's not a movie." Mason chuckled as he grabbed his armrests, preventing him from being jostled as bad as her.

The trees broke apart ahead of us and soon it opened up to a large subdivision. It reminded me of James's pack, but the houses were bigger, and there were more of them.

The yards had to be close to an acre apart, and there were vampires everywhere. It was a huge fight, and there were even a few dead bodies that littered the ground.

"Oh, dear God." I unlocked my door and jumped out. "It's a massacre."

As I began to run toward an older shifter who had a vampire on top of her, a hand grabbed my wrist, jerking me backward.

I can't lose you. Please, please stay near me. Mason's eyes pleaded with me.

I had to do something or he'd be too distracted and get hurt himself. Fine, but we’ve got to hurry.

Not wanting to waste any additional time, I shifted to my wolf. When I got close, I saw that the vampire had his hands around her neck, getting ready to strangle her. I growled and jumped on top of him, clamping my teeth around his throat, and ripped away, tearing it out.

Something hissed, and I turned around to face another vampire who had its sights set on me. He was about to attack when Mason appeared in his wolf form and steamrolled the guy at least ten feet away from me.

While Mason took care of him, I scanned the area, looking for anything that stood out to me.

A sandy-haired wolf ran in my direction and stared into my eyes.

It had to be Brent. He whined and nodded in the direction of a house that was three houses over.

If he thought I would blindly follow him, he was stupid. It could be a set up even though I doubted Brent would allow his pack to be killed off like this. I think this is Brent. He wants me to follow him. I linked both with my guards and Mason.

Whoa. Did you just give us a heads up about you doing something that could be dangerous? Kassie sounded impressed.

Don't make a big deal out of it or she won't keep doing it. Mona chastised as if she wasn't in a huge fight right now. She jumped on the back of a vampire who was fighting another shifter and clamped on to his arm, dragging him off.

The shifter was then able to get off the ground and start fighting again.

Come on. Mason ran up next to me, and we followed after Brent, running to the house he had indicated.

When we came within fifty feet, I heard low moaning and whimpering.

It sounded as if someone was in incredible pain. I rushed over and found a pregnant shifter lying on the ground, clutching her unborn child within her abdomen.

Someone is hurt. I called out to the bond.

There are a lot of people hurt right now, Elena. Ella's tone was full of annoyance. Being a little more specific might bode well for us all.

Stop being a smartass right now. Mason jogged over to the woman and sniffed her. She's got internal bleeding.

We need to help her. If we didn't help her, both she and the baby could die.

If we don't take care of the vampires, then no one here is going to last long. Kassie's voice was raspy and low.

She was right. It's not like we could take care of her now. Go, I'll stay here and protect her.

I don't want to leave you. Mason was torn.

The sooner we kill the vampires, the quicker we can leave and get help for this mother.

No one is over here now. I walked over to the woman and smelled her again. She had Brent's musky scent on her.

He trotted over again, and before it hit me, he bowed his head. I'm sorry I doubted you, My Queen. Please, we've got to help my mate.

Right now, we need to get rid of the vampires and get your healer. I stared into his eyes and took a step forward. Go help the others, and I'll stay with her.

He nodded his head. Soon, both he and Mason were heading to help the others. I sat next