Chapter 13 - Baffled

The black wolf leapt in a graceful ten foot arc and attacked Nyles. The woman skidded on the ground some fifty feet away. Anastasia fell down with a thud and when she looked up, she saw the vukodlak standing over her, protecting her body with his own. His rage was beyond comprehension. He looked towards the moon and howled. Then he looked at her with his piercing yellow eyes. The way he hovered over her, it was as if she was his possession.