Evaline:
The rogue's growl tore through the night, sharp and guttural. It was a sound that made my entire body go still.
My heartbeat thundered in my ears as the massive wolf lunged toward me, its claws glinting under the moonlight. I didn't even have the strength to scream. My body had frozen, my mind blank, my breath trapped in my throat... and for a terrifying heartbeat, I accepted it.
This was it.
But before I could even blink, a blur of movement came from behind me. A dark shadow collided with the rogue midair, the sound of bones cracking echoing through the forest. I gasped as both wolves rolled across the ground, snarling and snapping viciously.
The new wolf was massive - slightly smaller than River's wolf, but still huge and terrifyingly fast. Its fur was black like River's, but there was a faint blue hue to it that shimmered whenever the moonlight touched it.
And that was all I needed to recognize him.
