Chapter 128: Retrieving

Everything happened between one second and the next. The vampire leveled the gun toward Carrie, some indecipherable expression caught between hatred and longing on his sharp features. My wolf wanted to rip that expression from his face.

I lunged towards the threat, still in my human form, with Joseph beside me as a wolf, but we were too late. He pulled the trigger and the blast assaulted my ears, and I looked in horror towards my mate. She was sprawled on the ground, a brown wolf on top of her, blood pouring from its midsection like a river. She scrambled out from underneath it, crying as she worked to put pressure on his wound. The wolf shifted, revealing an old woman.

Joseph wasn't as distracted as me, and he lunged for the gun and wrestled it away from the vampire. It hit the floor with a clatter, and I had the presence of mind to kick it across the room before Lucas had a chance to get it again.

Then, turning my attention back to the threat at hand, I saw him throw Joseph with sur