Downpour (Alpha Love - A Paranormal Werewolf Shifter Romance Book 1) by Olivia Stephens Page A
Authors: Olivia Stephens
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severely the prostrate man is shaking. His words come out garbled, as if his teeth were chattering together.
“A mistake .” Ashton says the word as if it were a foreign concept. “Was hanging out by the school another mistake?”
The man raises his head for the first time. “It’s not your goddamn business. You’re not the law here. I have rights.” He spits the words out, but Ashton is clearly unmoved.
“No, you don’t, not anymore. When you hurt that little girl you lost all your rights. You made us a promise. You broke that promise. Now you know what needs to be done.” Ashton and the others take a small step back from the man, never taking their eyes off of him. “Anything you want to say?”
“Yeah. Bite me,” the man sputters.
“Not the best choice of words.” Ashton almost sounds amused.
Then, something happens that makes Sofie question her own sanity. A black shape appears in midst of the clearing. It’s big and seems like some kind of an animal, but bigger than anything she’s ever seen. It’s hard to make out exactly what it is in the dark. The shape makes a noise that sounds like a snarl or some kind of animal growl. Then, in the space of a few seconds, it pounces onto the man on the ground, clawing and ripping him apart. Sofie tries to avert her eyes, but she’s hypnotized by what’s playing out in front of her. There’s so much blood, more blood than she’s ever seen before. Before she can stop herself, she cries out in horror as she comes to grip with the fact that what’s happening in front of her isn’t a dream or something that she’s going to wake up from.
As soon as she’s let out her cry, she knows that her cover is blown. Ashton’s head whips round at speed, facing her. He sniffs the air, as if he can smell her. It makes no sense but it’s exactly what she’d seen the guy that she followed do. She takes a few steps backwards, trying to keep quiet but tripping over a branch in the process. She hears rather than sees people advancing towards her and, without turning around to check, she gets her legs underneath her and runs in the opposite direction.
She runs as fast as she can. Her chest feels like it’s about to explode, and her legs burn as she sprints, moving faster than she ever has before. She can hear something crashing through the woods behind her, the sound is getting louder. Whatever it is, it’s getting closer. She’d thought that she was running in the direction of the bar, the same way she’d entered the woods; but, she should have reached the treeline by now. Instead, she just seems to be going deeper and deeper into the woods.
Her brain is still trying to process what it was that she had seen. Is it possible that the black shape was an animal? The sound of a howl makes her whip around, scanning the trees. The noise is one that she’s heard before, but it chills her to the bone—just as it did the first time. She takes a few deep breaths, trying to will her body to move forward again. Why do I have to be so goddamn stubborn? Any normal person would just have let things lie and waited in the bar rather than following some guy she barely knows out into the woods in the middle of the night.
She’s lost her bearings, but at this point it doesn’t matter. It’s less about finding her way back to the town and more about getting away from whatever it is that’s crashing through the woods behind her. She pushes on, ignoring how her muscles are burning and her lungs feel like they’re on fire. But no matter how fast she is, whatever is behind her is faster. She can feel the breath on the back of her neck, and she lets out a scream as she’s spun around.
However, it’s not an animal that faces her. It’s Ashton. He’s breathing hard like he’s been chasing her, and his eyes look almost like they’re glowing. They’re not just blue, they’re luminous. It takes her a moment to realize that he’s
“A mistake .” Ashton says the word as if it were a foreign concept. “Was hanging out by the school another mistake?”
The man raises his head for the first time. “It’s not your goddamn business. You’re not the law here. I have rights.” He spits the words out, but Ashton is clearly unmoved.
“No, you don’t, not anymore. When you hurt that little girl you lost all your rights. You made us a promise. You broke that promise. Now you know what needs to be done.” Ashton and the others take a small step back from the man, never taking their eyes off of him. “Anything you want to say?”
“Yeah. Bite me,” the man sputters.
“Not the best choice of words.” Ashton almost sounds amused.
Then, something happens that makes Sofie question her own sanity. A black shape appears in midst of the clearing. It’s big and seems like some kind of an animal, but bigger than anything she’s ever seen. It’s hard to make out exactly what it is in the dark. The shape makes a noise that sounds like a snarl or some kind of animal growl. Then, in the space of a few seconds, it pounces onto the man on the ground, clawing and ripping him apart. Sofie tries to avert her eyes, but she’s hypnotized by what’s playing out in front of her. There’s so much blood, more blood than she’s ever seen before. Before she can stop herself, she cries out in horror as she comes to grip with the fact that what’s happening in front of her isn’t a dream or something that she’s going to wake up from.
As soon as she’s let out her cry, she knows that her cover is blown. Ashton’s head whips round at speed, facing her. He sniffs the air, as if he can smell her. It makes no sense but it’s exactly what she’d seen the guy that she followed do. She takes a few steps backwards, trying to keep quiet but tripping over a branch in the process. She hears rather than sees people advancing towards her and, without turning around to check, she gets her legs underneath her and runs in the opposite direction.
She runs as fast as she can. Her chest feels like it’s about to explode, and her legs burn as she sprints, moving faster than she ever has before. She can hear something crashing through the woods behind her, the sound is getting louder. Whatever it is, it’s getting closer. She’d thought that she was running in the direction of the bar, the same way she’d entered the woods; but, she should have reached the treeline by now. Instead, she just seems to be going deeper and deeper into the woods.
Her brain is still trying to process what it was that she had seen. Is it possible that the black shape was an animal? The sound of a howl makes her whip around, scanning the trees. The noise is one that she’s heard before, but it chills her to the bone—just as it did the first time. She takes a few deep breaths, trying to will her body to move forward again. Why do I have to be so goddamn stubborn? Any normal person would just have let things lie and waited in the bar rather than following some guy she barely knows out into the woods in the middle of the night.
She’s lost her bearings, but at this point it doesn’t matter. It’s less about finding her way back to the town and more about getting away from whatever it is that’s crashing through the woods behind her. She pushes on, ignoring how her muscles are burning and her lungs feel like they’re on fire. But no matter how fast she is, whatever is behind her is faster. She can feel the breath on the back of her neck, and she lets out a scream as she’s spun around.
However, it’s not an animal that faces her. It’s Ashton. He’s breathing hard like he’s been chasing her, and his eyes look almost like they’re glowing. They’re not just blue, they’re luminous. It takes her a moment to realize that he’s
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