Chapter 0540 Emmyid our dresses down in the back as we piled back into my jeep.

“That was so much fun!” Penny was extra excited for her dress.

“I can’t wait! This ball will be so much fun.” Emmy started dancing as I put the car in drive. The snow

was reallying down to the point that it felt more like a blizzard than just regr SNOW.

“Ice, you''re getting a call.” Emmy said as she handed me back my phone.

“Hey, love. What’s up?” “It’s getting pretty bad out. Where are you girls?” Alec seemed a little worried.

“Headed home. I''m driving slow and

just got on the highway.” “Good. Did you guys find dresses?” Alec seemed distracted but he would

have hung up if he didn’t want to make sure we made it okay.

“We did. I''m really excited fo-" “KRISTEN! WATCH OUT!” Emmy screamed. She pointed to the tree line

and four rogues came charging out.

“What''s happening?” I heard Alec asked as I had only a second before they mmed into my jeep.

“ALEC!” I screamed as my phone went flying out of my hands. End over end, my jeep rolled down the

side of the bank andnded in a small frozen stream. The stream empted into a small pond below.

It took me a second to focus but as 2/0

| soon as reality came shooting back, so did the noise. The snarls of the rogues trying to get into my

jeep were.

something else but it was Penny crying that caught my attention.

The jeep was on the side and Penny’s arm was stuck between the jeep and the frozen ground. I was

laying on top of Emmy who was trying to move.

“Ice!” She said weakly. Looking at her, she pointed at the windshield. It waspletely shattered but

what I could see was a rogue, looking at me... yet he wasn’t dirty or even foaming at the mouth.

“Emmy, does that look like a rogue to you?” I asked as the snarls stopped. I could see them circle the

jeep, trying to find a way in. The issue was, Alec had this jeep reinforced. Penny had to have

had her window cracked for it to shattered like it was.

“No. They don’t.” Bl Suddenly, the jeep started to lift up and fall back down. “AWWW” Penny screamed

as it came crashing down on her arm again.

“Shit, they are trying to flip us over.

Where is my phone?” “Here.” Emmy held up apletely busted phone. “Alec heard us though.

He wille, right?” Looking at Emmy, I could see the fear in her eyes. “Yes but until then, Emmy, we

are going to have to fight. Put your fear away and pull our that inner warrior.” “What about Penny?”

Emmy nodded and I could see the shift in her wolf.

“Penny can’t fight. We are going to have to hold them off till help gets here.” As soon as I said this, the

jeep flipped around andnded back on it’s wheels.

“Ready?” Emmy asked as she looked back at Penny.

“AARRGG!” Penny moved to the other side of the jeep. A rogue had put his head in the window, trying

to get her.

Climbing over the center console, I tried to kick the rogue has hard as I could in the nose. It worked

enough that I could use the door and m it into his head. “NOW!” I yelled. Emmy and I jumped out

and shifted into our wolves. Within seconds, we stood between four rogues and Penny.

“Ice, these aren’t rogues.” Emmy said in the mind-link.

“I know but I am a fucking alpha and you are my beta. Use your strength and take these fuckers down.”

I said as Sierra snapped at one that was getting too close. One of them jumped and she met them in

the air.

Using her hind legs, she kicked it back andnded on one trying to get to Penny. Bitting down on his

shoulder, it reared back trying to throw me.

Sierra used it to toss the rogue off to the side as the first one came back.

Dodging the lunge, she kicked in the head. Right as she went in for the kill, a sharp pain erupted on her

thigh.

As much as it hurt, it only pissed her off more. Using her ws, she grabbed his neck and dug them in.

His teeth

instantly leg go but she pulled her other hand around and dug her ws in. Pulling it apart, his neck

split wide open, almostpletely decapitating him.

The original wolf came barreling into Sierra, sending her into another wolf that was trying to get Emmy.

The three of us rolled down the hill a bit more before our wolves broke the ice.

Sierra was not a swimmer and instantly changed back into our human form. Since I had the lead, I tried

my best to grab ahold of the ice.

Something sharp dug into my ankle and pulled me under.

Looking down, the rogues had shifted and the guy was trying to use my body to pull himself back up.

The water was pressing down on us, making it hard to

kick him loose but somehow I managed.

My lungs cried for air as I reached the surface. “KRISTEN!” I heard Emmy as I struggled to grip

something. The ice was slippery with the water.

“EMMY!” I screamed. “BEHIND YOU!” All I saw was more wolvesing down the hill. My body was

giving out and I was struggling to stay above the water.

Something brown got tossed into the water. I wasn’t sure what it was but I grabbed it. Pulling me up, I

didn’t have the strength to grip it enough and I fell back in.

Pictures of Alec holding Adalynn shed before my eyes as my lungs filled up with water. The cold

stopped feeling cold and a warmth surrounded

me. More pictures of Adalynn smiling,ughing and then pictures of Alec holding me, telling me he

loved me. It was all I could do but smile as the surface of the water got further and further away.