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

Protect the female. Quickly he looked for an escape route.
Keeping the rogue vampires in sight, he cautiously backed into the room he had
been standing in front of.
    “Now
Lykae, let’s not do anything stupid. Just put the girl down. She will just slow
you down anyway. What could you possibly want with a female rogue anyway? She
belongs with us.”
    With
a roll of his massive shoulder, Teagan shifted the unconscious Ava into his
arms and sprinted to the window. Wrapping himself around her small form he hit
the glass with his shoulder, shattering it. He held his breath as he made the
jump down to the ground and did his best soften the hard landing, praying it
wouldn’t hurt the woman in his arms. With a smirk he listened to the vampire
screaming his rage in the building behind him.
     
     
    Ethan
had been standing outside of their makeshift base camp, talking to one of his
men when he saw Teagan walking out of the shadows with something cradled in his
arms. “Make one last sweep of the building. There must have been a tunnel or
passage we haven’t found yet.” Scrubbing his hand over the stubble of his
shaved head in frustration he watched as the guardian hurried to relay his
orders. If he had any hair he would have been pulling it out by now. Dam Salvatore.
Giving the werewolf his full attention his thick brow wrinkled in surprise.
    “What
do you have there Teagan?” Ethan said, looking at the woman in Teagan’s arms.
He reached out to move Ava’s hair off her face to have a closer look but
quickly changed his mind at the menacing growl that came from Teagan who was
still in his beast form. “Dam.” He had never seen Teagan this fully shifted
before. “Easy there Lykae.” Ethan looked at the fragile girl being held in
Teagan’s brutal grasp. The claws on his hands were resting against the tender
skin of her thigh. One wrong move and the Lykan could slice her open.
    Teagan
knew he needed to shift but he was having a hard time reining in his beast. He
hadn’t been this fully shifted in a long time. Gods it felt good. He was full
of adrenaline from the fight and his instincts were on overdrive with the girl
in his arms. Digging deep he fought for control, his medallion glowing, he
slowly began to change back to his human form.
    “You
okay man?” Relief showed on Ethan’s face. The last thing he needed tonight was
to deal with an out of control Lykan. He had his hands full as it was.
    “Ya,
sorry about that. I’m fine.” He panted from the strain of his shift and his
muscles still rippled and quivered as the power of his beast settled once more.
    “What’s
with the girl?” Ethan examined her small form in surprise.
    Teagan
quickly explained how he had found her.
    “Well
she looks like she is in mid trans. Salvatore must have been in the process of
changing her. She isn’t fully vampire just yet but she will be by morning.”
    Teagan
looked down into her pale face with regret. “She isn’t fully vampire yet. Can’t
the change be stopped?”
    “No,
nothing can stop it now. We need to get her to Claymore. She is so small I’m
surprised she survived the transition at all but it looks as though she has
made it through the worst of it. Perhaps Doc Randall can help ease her through
the rest and I’m sure Victor will be interested in meeting with her.”
    “Do
you think she will be a rogue?” Teagan held his breath while he waited for the
answer.
    “She’s
too new to even have fed yet. I don’t think even Salvatore could force her to
become rogue this early. Hopefully they haven’t injected her yet. I think you
got to her in time.” Teagan nodded in relief. “It’s strange though. I’ve never
seen Salvatore turn a female before. She could be useful.” Ethan eyed the girl,
already calculating the possibilities.
    “I
will have one of my guardians take her to Claymore. You, I need here with me.
It looks like Salvatore was here when we hit the building but he still managed
to get by us. I need you