Page 86 of Protected Promise

I tried to think back to my last memories. My wolf was injured and weakening too much to save us both. When Landon arrived, I knew we were going to be okay. I’d shifted to explain it to him, but everything went black until now.

I could remember small blips of light, people talking around me, but it was hard to understand anything being said. Mostly I was just exhausted.

“We couldn’t wake you to shift so you could heal faster,” he explained. “You had to do it the old-fashioned way.”

“My wolf was injured and struggling. I had no choice,” I explained.

“How about now?” he asked.

I reached into my soul looking for my wolf, relieved to find her alive and well.

A tear slid down my cheek. “She’s okay,” I whispered.

“Do you want to shift and see if she can help you now?”

I nodded, the pain slicing through my head once more.

I hadn’t even considered I was wearing clothes until I heard them rip as I let the shift take hold. At the rate I was going, a shopping spree was in my near future.

My wolf felt whole and within moments, my headache disappeared along with the last of my pains.

I curled up against Landon and fell fast asleep.

*****

I smelled them before I even opened my eyes.

I growled and moved to protect Landon. They’d have to come through me to get to him.

He leapt from bed in only his boxers as he got between me and two of my enemies. I knew Abby and Cadence hadn’t really been threats to me, but they had been a part of it all and I was struggling to differentiate between them and the wolf I had been forced to kill.

I growled and snapped in warning for them to back off.

I couldn’t believe Landon was turning his back on them.

“Kaitlyn, I need you to calm down. I know you’re in there and I know you can hear me.”

I whimpered in confusion.

“They aren’t a threat to you, or me. They’re here to help you.”

Help?That couldn’t be right.

Landon clearly trusted them though and as much as I didn’t like it, I forced my wolf to subdue.

“Well, I see you’re recovering nicely,” Abby said.

“Welcome back, Kaitlyn.” Cadence gave me a friendly smile.

I had to wonder what sort of alternate universe I’d just woken up in.

“Please wait in the kitchen. I need a minute to calm her down.”

The girls left. I knew when Landon chuckled that my wolf was no doubt glaring at him like a traitor.

“Would you please just shift back and talk to me? If you can of course.”

I shifted back to my human form landing myself on all fours on top of the bed.