Chapter 263

It was a wolf—but not just your regular run of the mill might-be-a-Husky wolf. This sucker was huge! We’re talking Jacob on Twilight huge. And it was running at full force at my sister’s back. Elliott was grappling for his gun in the pebbles and ash at his feet, but I had a feeling that wasn’t going to make a difference. Since I had no idea what this thing was—an actual wolf, a werewolf, or some freaky kind of Vampire—I didn’t know what it could do, either. I almost screamed, but I clamped down on my tongue and waited to see what might happen as the creature continued to barrel down at my sister and my boyfriend.

I realized Aaron was down there now, too, and he and Elliott were both emptying their chambers into that devil dog, but it wasn’t even slowing down. The wolf was almost to them when Brandon rolled out of the way, and Cadence leapt into the air, doing some sort of backflip that landed her behind the attacking wo