doesn’t need to know anything.” Caleb was getting riled up.
“I remember. You were that wolf. You were here before. You’re…”
“Anton.” He said.
“Caleb? What do I need to know?” Hailey looked to him for an explanation.
“Nothing.” Caleb said under his breath.
Hailey looked to Anton.
“That time in the alley. I was the one who saved you. I brought you to the hospital.” Anton said flatly.
“What?” Hailey questioned
“It was a full moon. As my pack and I were running I caught your scent. I saved you.” Anton said. “And I am telling you now what I have told Caleb. You are not safe here. There is a rogue wolf out there that is out to get you. I don’t know why, but he is out there.”
“No. I’ll be here. I’ll protect her.” Caleb interjected.
Hailey was getting so confused. But now Anton was getting angry. Caleb stepped forward and grabbed Hailey by the arm. Hailey was too shaken to react. Out of nowhere, Anton forcefully jabbed Caleb, causing him to let go of her. She stumbled down, but Anton caught her just in time.
“Do not touch her ever again.” He growled. His eyes melted into a rage that scared Hailey.
Caleb slumped over only to raise his head to bare his fangs. This wasn’t the beautiful white wolf she saw; this was a vicious creature. Anton didn’t take a second to react. He too had transformed into a huge black wolf. Hailey was dwarfed as she curled up on the floor next to this huge creature.
“Stop.” She whispered, but the two didn’t seem to notice her.
“Stop!” She screamed as she jumped to her feet. She bounded toward the door and fled from her apartment, yet again. Hailey thought this was crazy. She’d been driven out of her own home by two testosterone filled Alpha werewolves.
She screamed. Waiting right at the bottom of her doorstep was the rogue wolf.
“Hailey!” Caleb yelled as he and Anton heard her scream from downstairs.
With lightning speed, the two Alphas bolted down the stairs to find Hailey curled up on the steps, whimpering and quivering in fear.
The rogue wolf gritted its teeth as the two other wolves approached him.
Without warning Caleb leapt through the air over Hailey, smashing into the vicious black wolf. Anton ran and grappled it down with his fangs, violently tearing his head from side to side, while Caleb struggled to pacify its attempt to break free.
It seemed as though this rogue had finally met its match. One Alpha is already strong, two are undefeatable. This was just one rogue wolf, Caleb thought. How could it need two Alphas just to hold it down?
The wolf stopped moving. A white light now enveloped it as it transformed back into its human form.
“Uncle?” Anton had now changed back too, as he stared in shock at Castor laying there where the horrific monster that attacked Hailey was just moments ago.
Caleb stepped back as he slowly became the Caleb that Hailey knew. He turned as Hailey ran towards him sobbing.
“You are a fool, Anton.” Castor struggled. “You connive with a filthy Storm, to save a girl you don’t even know!” He continued. “You have shamed this family!”
“Anton?” Hailey began.
“No, uncle. You have shamed this family.” Anton said, as he finished off Castor with final blow to the head.
He turned to the shivering Hailey. “I don’t understand all this, why my uncle chose to attack and try to kill you. But I swear on the moon, that so long as I shall live, I will protect you Hailey. I will protect you with my life.”
Hailey ran to him as he swooped to hold her in a tight embrace. Hailey didn’t know what she felt. Caleb stood back and watched them in silence. She didn’t know how she felt for Caleb or Anton, but she knew, she needed to hold Anton, and she needed to be held by him.
*****
“You’re a mystery.” Anton whispered to her as he grabbed her hand and swiftly led her back to her apartment.
“Am I?” She said shyly, following Anton but feeling Caleb’s silent