The beat cop mouthedwhiskey in your cereal?
I chuckled and left the man on his own. The body wasn’t going to come crawling back. The killer didn’t want that kind of attention. They wanted confusion, not alarm. The cop would be safe on his own, so I ran back to the car.
I’d told the cop that I’d been drinking. If I got in and sped away, he might call one of his buddies to stop me. I couldn’t risk getting pulled over. It would be a waste of time. There had to be another way to get to Addie quickly.
A memory hit me out of nowhere. When that dragon shifter had me pinned, I’d managed to escape. My beast laughed inside my head. It promised me that we could do something that no other wolf could do.
My skin crawled. Goosebumps rose like a wave in a stadium. This meant trusting the wolf. This new creature, a presence inside me that had spent nearly all of its life rioting against me, wanted me to trust it.
Unfortunately, I had no other choice right now. My options were limited. Every moment away from Addie was another moment that I left her vulnerable. Maybe she could protect herself, but that didn’t mean I should leave her alone.
“Fine,” I begrudgingly told the wolf. “Let’s do this your way.”
Immediately, the creature slammed into me. I raced out of sight before the thing could claw its way out of my body. Breathing hard, I collapsed onto all fours. Already, fur spread along my body. My bones popped and my muscles tore.
I would never get used to this.
The air around me turned cold. In my new vision, sharper and clearer than ever with a tinge of blue light haloing everything, I saw a portal open before me. It showed me nothing but darkness. This was a leap of trust.
And I had to have faith.
Since when did I start believing?