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and the night spent hanging in a cramped position, and she took a few desperate steps away from the water before tripping and stumbling to the ground. The trap had pulled her ankle at an awkward angle, and trying to put weight on it made it clear that it was quite severely sprained. Too tired to shift into her wolf form, she lay there and cried, hoping the Silverlake wolves would chase the vampire far enough away that it wouldn’t be worth their time to come back for her.
    She pushed herself up into a sitting position and used a tree to haul herself to her feet. She need to get moving in order to warm her body, but for now she considered it a success just to stand upright. Closing her eyes and trying to draw as much strength as she could, Sienna staggered forward in a hobbling run, doing her best to ignore the searing pain coming from her ankle. She only made it a few feet before coming face to face with the white wolf who’d saved her.
    He shifted into his human form and reached out to catch her as she fell towards him. She could feel warmth radiating off his body and smell the musk of his exertion. His arms were strong and muscular, and she felt heat flush into her cheeks when she realized that her bare breasts pressed against his chest with the way he was holding her upright.
    “Thank you for helping me,” she said, feeling shy of her nakedness. It normally wasn’t a big deal to be naked around other male or female wolves in their human form, but this man made her feel different.
    “ The vampires have been pushing deeper into our territories,” he said, helping her to the ground so she could sit and rest. “It’s not safe for a lone female to be out here at night.”
    “ I know,” she replied. “I just needed to get away from my pack for a while.”
    The sound of multiple bodies crashing through the woods drew her attention to where the stranger’s pack mates had rejoined him. “We didn’t get the filthy vamp, but I think we scared him enough that he won’t be back for a while,” said one of them.
    “Will you be okay to get back to your pack?” asked the stranger.
    Before Sienna could answer, one of the Silverlake wolves stepped forward and snarled “you’re going to let her go?”
    “She was nearly killed by that vampire,” he replied, positioning himself between Sienna and the other wolf. “She’s of no value to us as a prisoner, and I think she’s been through enough for one night. I see no reason not to let her return to her pack.”
    “ But sh—”
    “ But nothing,” said the stranger in such a commanding tone that Sienna thought he might be the alpha of the Silverlake pack. “She is not to be touched by any of you. Is that understood?” The other wolves whimpered in submission. “Return home. I’ll follow shortly behind you.”
    “ Thank you again,” said Sienna, allowing him to help her to her feet. “That’s twice you’ve saved me in one night.”
    “ This feud we have between our packs is childish nonsense,” he grunted. “I refuse to be a part of it.”
    “ That’s something we can both agree on.” She stepped gingerly on her injured foot, wincing with the pain. “It hurts, but I think I can make it back on my own.”
    “ Don’t be silly,” he said. “I’ll help you back to your village. Well, at least as far as I can go without being attacked by your pack.”
    “ You don’t have to do that.”
    “ You don’t know me,” he said with a grin, “so I’ll forgive you for questioning me, but I’m a very stubborn wolf, and I’m not going to let an injured female wander through the woods alone at night. Now take my arm and let’s get going.”
    True to his word, he helped Sienna navigate the uneven path back to her cabin, or at least as close to it as she dared bring him. She knew how to get in and out of her pack’s village without being spotted, and she stopped when they were in sight of her cabin.
    “I guess this is where we part ways,” she said. “Will