nning to make its presence known, it suddenly

ning to me, but one thing wa

rate strokes. My lungs were burning, and my body

ad broke throu

urrent was still dragging me along, slamming me a

to gather out of my lungs. My ribs screamed

I s

ge b

w over the water,

t I coul

d, stretching out my arms despit

nst it before finally c

! It

creak f

.. damn i

moment, I thoug

nkfully

towards the riverbank, moving hand over hand. Every movement felt

dug into th

ft, I dragged myself out of the water

spitting out water an

ly lay there, struggling to catch my breat

spered hoarsely to

but I wa

hunt. I had survi

, I was sti

Every step burned as I staggered to my f

st me," I muttered out of breath

, and the cold was beginning to

at the river

hose dark waters, I

money. The one thing that made me feel

, my voice breakin

another moment b

ree steps into the fo

CK!

the sound of a t

in my body sc

n't me.'

hat I saw were dozens of glowing eyes that

peared, surrounding

caught in

is isn't my f

r. More dangerous than anythin

and something primal. Whatever they were, t

ped throug

't come fro

e from

pletely s

't get easier, ca

er. Then, one by one, figur

eren't

wer

covered their arms, and their eyes gleamed in the darkness. They moved l

G

bikers and

ew exactly whose territ

ning suddenly e

Stay away from Aiden Stormrider's

bril

cking b

me, only to stumble straight into the

way, and I collapsed

ed as someon

the fallen leaves with every step. Even in my injured and

alone was

s an

st any

f the rogue

ething other than lie there like helpless pr

don't com

answer i

el eyes gleaming in the darkness. They

e me, giving me my fir

and a face that would have been handsome if not

ck vest, biker gloves covering his ha

ng me as though I were some strange

ing," he

was low an

half-dead girl lying in the mud, but I couldn'

ion bl

and with it went the last bit

wallowed me was that I had just jumped out

ution attempt, only to land in the t

Stor

ruthless b

eyes, he was twice as dangerous

ome for me