117 Bad Decision

I thought that we would make it, but that was just wishful thinking.

Because, from the corner of my vision, my eyes caught sight of a gigantic werewolf in beast form headed straight for us.

At first, I thought I was hallucinating because of the blood loss, but the creature was coming closer and closer towards our car at a rather astonishing speed.

"Lia!" I screeched out when she stepped heavily onto the brake right before we could run into the beast.

A gurgled and pained protest left my lips.

I pressed my hand against my abdomen when the seatbelt jerked around my body and pulled me back to keep me from flying out of the windshield.

The pain was almost instant.

My entire body curled at the mind-wrenching pain, and my vision spun for ten seconds before I could catch my breath.

"Fuck!" Lia cursed, swerving the car out of the way of the beast that was currently obstructing our path.

Dirt and rubble started to fly like crazy into the air.

It masked the beast in a tornado of dust when the wind picked up.

My heart was pounding crazily in my chest, almost like it was going to fall out of my open abdomen.

When my vision zooms in on the black tufts of fur, a calmness suddenly washes over my form like relief and something else that I couldn't name.

The werewolf's familiar red eyes stared straight back into my own while fur as black and sleek as night coated it all over.

Even if I have never seen Eros in full beast mode, I knew that this was him.

It was Eros.

Though Eros and I were yards apart, our mate bond was sweltering with heat, pulling me towards his enraged form like a tightly wound coil.

To be honest, I'm kind of scared because I've never seen him this crazed and furious before.

And I don't know why, but I feel as if this had something to do with me.

Of course, it would.

"Don't get out of the car!" Lia shouted after noticing me reach for the car door.

"It's Eros!" I tell her, turning my head to look at her in confusion.

"His blood beast is in control. He won't recognize you right now. He might even end up hurting you," she explained with her blonde brows furrowed together into a tight knot.

Although I believe her, a part of me also believed that Eros would never hurt me.

Never.

"I'm going to try to distract him. You need to get into the driver side and get out of here," she quickly instructed.

I stared at her for nearly ten seconds with this bewildered expression on my pale face.

Her idea was beyond ludicrous.

I knew that she was trying to help me, but I don't think that Lia putting herself into harm's way was going to be very helpful.

Either way, Eros is going to come for me, regardless of what I wanted.

"Lia, that's not a good idea," I slowly state with a frown on my lips. "Like you said, his blood beast is in control. He could hurt you!"

Who in their right mind would go up against an Alpha wolf in bloodlust?

I reached my hand out to catch the fabric of her blue cotton shirt, but she easily shrugged me off with this determined look on her face.

"Just do as I say," she hastily chided as if she was talking to a child and not an adult.

I felt as if she was looking down on me because I looked younger than her.

This was probably going to be the worst mistake of her life.

With an irritated sigh of frustration, I tried to reason with her, but her stubborn facial expression made me want to throttle her instead.

What in the hell is Lia thinking?

"He's going to kill you, Lia! Don't do it!" I exclaimed louder this time with exasperation coloring my voice.

She ignored my warning, jumped out of the car and suddenly shifted into her wolf.

From there, I could only watch with my eyes wide open in horror, quite dumbfounded at the bizarre situation.