Chapter 228: "You won't live to regret it."

I open my eyes to the strangest sight.

There’s a smell in the air, and the night is still. Something’s wrong and I can tell it.

A scream snaps my head in its direction.

My hands fly to my mouth when I see what’s happening.

Roman’s eyes are glowing again, but instead of their normal icy blue, they’re glowing the color I've only seen them glow once.

A malevolent red.

Elara is suspended in mid-air and I can see the tremors racking her body. She grunts, the sound indisputably borne of pain, and Roman gazes at her with a relaxed expression and his hand tucked into his pocket.

His voice is dark when he asks, “What did you two do to her?”

Hunter’s voice invades my senses as he bursts out in a roar and lunges at Roman. My tongue flies into my throat at Hunter’s speed and the sight of his claws sends a thrill of fear into my heart.

He’s in the half-wolf form and he’s on a direct route to Roman, yet Roman doesn’t move the slightest bit. He stays right where he is, and at the last moment, at the