with its hooked claw.
Without thinking, I leapt forward and grabbed the claw. “I could use a
little wolf power, now!”
My muscles surged, and I rammed the beast’s arm into the dirt. It writhed
as I pinned back the claw, while Jaxson kept squeezing. With each second
that passed, its movements slowed, and then its body slumped, lifeless at last.
Jaxson released his grip and stood, turning to me with a deadly expression
on his face. Blood caked his skin, and the wound on his arm began to slowly
knit together. I dragged my eyes up his body, lingering on the patches of his
sculpted chest visible beneath his torn shirt.
“Did you get it?” His voice was animalistic, and I had to fight off a wild
urge to run to him and take him right here in the middle of this bloodbath.
What. The. Fuck?
My wolf was incorrigible.
All you, she quipped.
I squeezed my eyes shut, silently cursing as my cheeks blazed.
“What’s wrong?” Jaxson stepped toward me, concern making his voice
even more ragged.
“Nothing. I’ve got the bloodstone,” I blurted, taking a step back because I
didn’t trust my traitorous body being so close to him.
He narrowed his eyes and watched me closely. Too closely.
“Are you…okay?” I asked, glancing down at the lifeless monster at his
feet before meeting his eyes.
A slow, devilish smile spread across Jaxson’s face. “Worried about me?”
“Of course. Those things were horrifying. Did you get them all?” I
scanned the jungle and shivered.
“Yes, I got them all.” Jaxson grunted and scooped up his phone from the
ground. I couldn’t help but admire how fine his ass looked in those jeans.
When he looked back at me, I knew from the glint in his eyes that he was
reading my thoughts. “This way. We better get back to Cavra.”