Chapter 74
74 – She Looks Comfortable In My Arms
Elgin:
Once we heard the screams, we all jumped to our feet and ran toward the house.
Since there were no more gunshots, we figured the old man was occupied somewhere else.
None of us wanted to think he had turned his attention to Madeline.
Baxter rushed ahead like the bull he was and slammed his body against the door, knocking it down with ease.
When we got inside, panic set in. I could hear voices coming from the basement.
We didn’t have to think long about where to go next.
“There’s noise coming from the basement,” I shouted.
He had taken her down there. Loud grunting and commotion echoed from below.
I sprinted toward the basement door and found it open.
The others were right behind me. We didn’t even have to search the house, our target was the basement.
As I started down the stairs, something caught my eye. My heart dropped instantly.
Goosebumps prickled my skin when I saw it, a huge gray wolf standing tall, its claws tearing into the old man.
“What the fuck?” Graham muttered, stunned by the sight of Madeline’s deadly form.
It looked like she could kill anyone with a single swipe.
Then, as expected, she turned toward us and howled.
“We need to stop her from getting out of here,” Baxter said firmly.
We all nodded. It wasn’t right to let her escape, not when she could be seen by anyone outside.
The way the old man had reacted to her being a gray wolf made all of us fear for her safety even more.
Baxter was the first to go down, trying to control her, probably to pin her down and force her to shift back into her human form.
But the moment he reached her, she swung her arm and struck his chest, sending him crashing to the ground.
Graham and I exchanged a glance before he lunged forward to grab her.
She reacted instantly, seizing him by the back of the neck and throwing him hard against the wall.
Now it was my turn. She faced me, howling.
Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted the wolfsbane, a needle tipped, lying near the wall.
“Baxter! The wolfsbane!” I shouted as she started to run upstairs.
I clenched my fists and braced myself. When she came at me, I jumped, tackling her to the ground.
We rolled together as Baxter crawled forward and grabbed the needle.
He came up behind her, but she fought wildly, gripping my neck with one hand and Baxter with the other. 2
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She slammed us together, throwing us to the floor.
Graham rushed in, snatched the needle that had fallen from Baxter’s hand, and stabbed it into her back.
She roared, swinging her arm again and knocking him away, then yanked the needle out.
But it was too late, the injection had already taken effect,
She hurled the needle across the room and turned toward the staircase, trying to climb.
She only made it a few steps before her body began to shift.
By the time she reached the top, the wolf was gone, replaced by Madeline on all fours, barely covered.
She collapsed, slipping down the stairs. I ran ahead of the others, catching her before she could fall.
I turned her gently in my arms, carried her upstairs, and laid her on the couch.
Once I laid her down, I looked around the old man’s house and rushed into his bedroom to grab a blanket p>
When I came out, Baxter and Graham were already standing beside her.
Baxter had taken off his jacket and was gently putting it on her while she was still unconscious.
I approached them and handed over the blanket.
They wrapped her carefully, covering her completely.
Now it was just the three of us, standing there, confused and staring at her.
“So what exactly is she?” As expected, Graham was the first to ask.
“A very powerful wolf,” Baxter replied, his tone steady, making it clear that no matter what, she was someone extraordinary.
“Of course she is. I’m just worried others might not see it that way, ” Graham explained, almost defending his own question, or maybe the way he had asked it.
“Listen, it doesn’t matter what others think,” I told him. “We know she’s harmless. But we also have to make sure this doesn’t get out until we figure out what’s really happening with her and the truth behind the gray wolf p>
Both of them nodded, especially Baxter. He kept staring at her, as if seeing her for the first time.
Part of me felt guilty, but another part reminded me it wasn’t really our fault.
We were in the same boat as him. We liked her too.
At least I did. But sadly, I was the only one who wasn’t mated to her. That truth stung.
Still, something deeper lingered, and my wolf was the one to point it out.
“We need to meet Madeline alone. After today,” he whispered, as if afraid the others could hear us, even though they couldn’t.
“ What do you mean?” I asked,
“ Just listen to me. I have a feeling we won’t be disappointed,” he murmured.
His words sent a chill through me. Maybe the others noticed, because when I came back to myself, I saw Graham
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staring at my arms.
“Is there something you want to tell us?” Graham asked, as direct as always.
“Not really,” I replied, shrugging. “Are we taking her back home now? The kids will be wondering where she is. ”
“ We need to wait for her to wake up first,” he said. “I don’t think she’ll take this very well. Madeline isn’t the type to kill anyone. For her to have torn that old man apart, it’s going to hit her hard p>
He was right. The thought weighed on us. We watched her as she slowly began to stir.
“Whatever happens, we have to remind her that none of this was her fault,” I said quietly. “ If she hadn’t killed him, he would have killed her p>
They didn’t need the reminder, they already knew.
As she woke, she gasped softly and pulled the blanket tighter around herself.
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