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her body with the clear intention of raping her, and then he suddenly threw her to the floor. He landed on top of her just as Tina was able to release her other hand from the rope. She could hear them struggling, and by Caroline’s cries Tina could guess that Barton was hurting her somehow. It was enough incentive to have Tina ripping her legs out of the ropes faster than she imagined possible. Adrenaline was coursing through her body, making her feel nearly invincible.
    She looked over at the coat rack, but the struggling pair blocked her path. She couldn’t reach the gun she kept there without going through them. She caught sight of the bat that Barton had used on Caroline and raced to grab it from the floor. She turned around and swung the bat at him as hard as she could. It hit him broadside across his back, and he roared in anger. Tina almost fell over with the reverberations that went through the bat and her but managed to find her balance before a terrible moan and yelp came from Caroline.
    Frozen in horror, she watched in shock as her best friend morphed in front of her eyes from a beautiful human woman to a huge wolf. A half a moment later Barton had transformed himself into an even larger wolf, and the snarling creature was stalking his prey. Caroline’s wolf frame was slightly smaller than Barton’s larger, thicker build and had mahogany-colored fur. His chestnut fur was spotty and dirty, and he was as ugly as a wolf as he was as a man.
    Was this why Barton was here? Had he learned that Caroline was…what exactly was she? Lord have mercy, this wasn’t happening right now. Terror screamed through Tina’s brain, but she knew she had to help her friend or this wolf would kill them both. She swung her bat again with all of her momentum, hoping to impact his head this time, but he saw it coming and bit the bat in two before Tina could connect. So like any good best friend, she just jumped in.
    She jumped onto his back, sinking her fingernails as deep into his fur as possible, just praying that she was breaking the skin. Before she could wrap herself around him or do any real damage, he arched up and threw her. She hit the wall before she even realized she was no longer on top of him, and the impact brought back the flashing stars to her eyelids. She could hear the sounds of the continuing battle, but she couldn’t differentiate them with the ringing in her ears. The pain in her back sent tears running down her cheeks, and she screamed in fear as several wolves burst into the house.
    Two enormous black wolves broke through the front door at the same time as a silvery gray wolf raced through the kitchen door. The snarling and growling was irrationally loud in in her head, and she closed her eyes tightly trying to block it all out. She whimpered, and in another breath she found herself cradled against a naked muscular chest. She was surrounded by his spicy masculine scent she didn’t recognize but found extremely appealing. Gripping his biceps with her fingertips, she whimpered again because she could hear growling and snapping and finally Caroline’s terrorized scream. Her body shook violently as the adrenaline rush overwhelmed her. A sudden eerie silence filled the room. The man holding her nuzzled her ear, and she turned her face into his neck, sharing his embrace. His whispered words were unrecognizable to her traumatized brain, but his gentle strength soothed her. She let her emotions take over her body, crying into his shoulder as he carried her out the front door.

Chapter 2
     
    Finding out that Caroline Trainor, whom she had known for years, was now a werewolf, and was engaged, had blown her mind. Finding out that Caroline was marrying not one, but two half-wolf, half-sexy men had made her jealous as hell. Finding out that all of the sexy men that flooded her property were werewolves had her trembling with nerves and creaming in her panties. Tina couldn’t grasp why the hell that turned her on so much.