Chapter 45

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• I stumbled back at their closeness, flinching as she knocked him back and he landed next to me, growling. He didn’t waste a second getting back onto his paws, looking at me for a moment before averting his gaze back onto her, except her attention was directly on me.
• She pounced and he shielded me, lifting her off the ground by holding her throat in his jaws, then jolting his head to the side and letting her limp body hit the ground.