Feral Instincts (The Feral Series) by Erin Ashley Read Free Book Online Page A

stabbed. Ava felt him tense and she trustingly
closed her tear stained eyes and waited for the killing blow.
    The
chain around her neck snapped in two. Ava gasped and put her hands up to her
throat. He had freed her from the chain. Quickly he picked her up and placed
her over his shoulder, not the most comfortable position but he needed to have
one hand free should they run into anymore rogues.
    “No!
Wait! What are you doing?” Ava cried from her position over his massive
shoulder. Her world began to spin and she prayed she wouldn’t get sick hanging
over the beast’s back. Glittery stars swam before her eyes and her arms and
legs began to tingle and then the darkness consumed her again.
    Teagan
had decided to take her to Victor. Hopefully he could sort this out. He
suspected she was in the middle of her transition and prayed Salvatore hadn’t
been able to turn her rogue yet. He sure as hell wasn’t going to kill her.
Surely no rogue could look up at him so trustingly and ask him to end their
life. This female was an innocent, of that he was sure and he sure as hell
wasn’t leaving her here.
    Perhaps
she had been left behind as a distraction while Salvatore made his escape. If
that was the case it had certainly worked. His only thought now was getting her
safely out of the building.
    Not
wanting to run into any more rogues with the little female over his shoulder Teagan
looked for the quickest way out of the building. They made it down the
stairwell to the third floor when he was suddenly cut off by more rogue
vampires headed up the stairwell. Teagan ducked through the door leading them
into the hallway. The hotel’s emergency lights flickered on and off for a
moment. He was surprised the building was still standing after the explosives
they had set off. Stepping over several rogue bodies, Teagan headed for a room
at the front of the building. He needed to get the female to safety.
     There
was a sound of groaning metal and then the door from the stairwell hit the
floor sending up a new cloud of dust. The rogues from stairwell stormed down
the hallway stopping several feet away from where Teagan stood.
    “Stop
right there Lykan!” Bruno shouted at the werewolf holding Ava. “Just give us
the girl and perhaps we will be generous and let you live.” He sneered at him
practically snarling with hatred.
    Turning
to face the threat, Teagan roared at the rogue vampires so loudly they could
feel the floors vibrate beneath their feet. Snarling he bared his fangs at them
and stretched his claws out at his side. They dared to try to take the
female from him! The medallion around his neck glowed brightly as the beast
strained against the magic keeping it contained. More of his beast slipped
through his control and he became larger and more Lykan than man. Mine.
    “Shit.”
Had the Lykan just gotten even bigger? If Bruno attacked the werewolf there was
a good chance the brainless neanderthal would damage the girl in the fight.
    They
had barely gotten Salvatore out of the building in time and he only got him to
leave by promising to personally retrieve Ava for him. Bruno had a hard time
convincing Salvatore to not go after her himself. It had just been too risky,
the attack had taken them by surprise and there had been no time to waste. If
they lost Salvatore they would lose control of their new rogues too.
    Bruno
growled in frustration, grinding his teeth. The female was becoming a
liability. Salvatore was not being sensible where the girl was concerned. He
had never seen him so attached to a female before. Bruno began to panic,
Salvatore will have his head if he doesn’t return with the girl. “Dam it!” He
had not expected to find her in the arms of a fully turned werewolf!
    Even
though his beast was trying to take control and rip the vampire’s throats out,
Teagan struggled through the haze to come up with a plan. Teagan wanted to
fight but it was going to be difficult to kill the rogues while keeping the
girl safe.