Total pages in book: 24
Estimated words: 22739 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 114(@200wpm)___ 91(@250wpm)___ 76(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 22739 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 114(@200wpm)___ 91(@250wpm)___ 76(@300wpm)
I look up just in time to see Sperling explode into a huge red dragon.
I suddenly forget all about my gun. All about the cold. All about everything.
All I can focus on is the cold terror flowing through my veins and the horrifying sight of the giant dragon as he raises his head and stares down at me.
My heart is thrashing in my ears as he opens his mouth. His teeth are the length of my forearm and almost as thick.
“Oh, shit,” I whisper when I see the ball of fire building at the back of his throat. It doesn’t register in my broken brain what’s happening until the flames are rolling down his tongue and heading straight for me.
Then, it’s too late.
Chapter Eleven
Blake
My bear reluctantly gives in to my demand and he lets me back out.
Sperling is bigger, stronger, and faster. I’m not going to beat him with just brawn, even if I’m fighting for Lily’s life. I need to use my brains too.
My polar bear just got his ass kicked and took out a dozen trees in the process.
I quickly phase back into my human form and stumble back to the fight. I hear Lily scream and it gives me all the power I need to move on.
Ignoring the burning of my ribs, which are probably broken, I clenched my teeth and sprint through the snow.
I arrive just in time to see Sperling phase into his dragon as he approaches my girl. She’s my whole world and I’ll die if anything happens to her.
She looks terrified and it kills me that I’m not there to protect her. I run forward, leaping through the snow as the dragon opens his massive jaws and is about to melt the only woman I love.
With everything I have, I rush forward as the fire comes surging out of his mouth. I dive and tackle her out of the way of the flames just in time, rolling us behind a huge boulder. The snow melts all around us and I hold my body on top of hers as the trees beside us go up in flames.
“Stay down,” I grunt as I grab onto the rock and try to lift it.
The thing is huge and would normally take three grizzly bear shifters to pick it up, but my crew is back home. I’m on my own so this polar bear shifter better have the power of three grizzly bear shifters or him and his mate will be toast.
With a savage grunt, I dig my fingers into it and use every muscle in my body to lift it up. The flames are still coming, flying past us in every direction and I’m about to throw away our only protection.
I think of Lily’s gorgeous smile as my back aches. I picture how good it felt to finally hold her hand as the flames wash over my shins and feet, scorching them. I imagine how good our lives will be if we’re together and all of that gives me the power I need.
I launch the rock with everything I have and it flies through the air like a rocket. There’s a crunch as it slams into the dragon’s open mouth and he falls back with a whimper.
The surge of fire stops and everything is eerily quiet except for the pounding in my ears and the crackling of the flames that are still licking up the sides of the trees, although the snow on the branches is putting most of it out.
The dragon’s red wings start flapping and I realize his jaw is broken and he’s trying to make a getaway.
“No, you don’t,” I hiss as I start sprinting toward him. There’s no way he’s escaping. I’m going to kill him here or I won’t ever be able to breathe again. I can’t let a threat to my mate exist. I can’t risk anything happening to Lily. Ever.
This ends now.
I leap onto his back and pin his wings together as he thrashes around under me. The lower half of his jaw is hanging down at a weird angle. I definitely snapped it with the boulder.
Even wounded, the dragon is strong. I struggle to pin his wings as he tries desperately to shake me off. When it’s clear that I’m not going anywhere, he starts to shake and phase back into his human form.
Suddenly, I’m wrestling with Sperling as we land hard thudding fists into each other’s bodies. I hit him in the cheek with a hard right hook, but he follows that up with an elbow to my jaw.
I hate to admit it, but he’s stronger. And faster.
But a shifter fighting for his mate will always have the advantage and I’m fighting for Lily.
I wrestle my way on top of him and start landing devastating blows to his ribs and face. Just when I think I’ve got him, his hand darts out and his iron fingers wrap around my throat.