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rolled around on the floor, jaws snapping, frothy spit spewing from their mouths. Releasing a thunderous growl, Nicholas took one large paw, raking his claws over the face of Pearl’s aggressor.
    Releasing a tortured howl, the black wolf shook its head several times, before standing in attack mode, bearing teeth. Snatching the phone off the wall in the kitchen, she quickly dialed 9-1-1.
    She cringed when Nicholas leapt at Louis, his large jaws clamping down around the
    intruder’s neck. Shaking him rapidly, Nicholas slung the black wolf across the floor.
    “What’s the nature of your—“
    “Pearl Gordon, 69 Wolfbane Terrace. Tell someone to get their ass out here now!” she bellowed into the phone laying the knife down. “My attacker has returned.” The black wolf had overpowered Nicholas. His teeth ripped through the fresh of Nick’s shoulder.
    Pearl knew she had to act fast or Louis would kill the man she’d discovered happiness with.
    “Ma’am?”
    Dropping the phone, Pearl grabbed the wooden baseball bat, bringing it down on top of the Louis’s skull. The black wolf turned his gaze on her, growling. Slowly, he stalked her, baring teeth, saliva dripping from his fangs.
    “That’s right, you bastard, come on.” The deep wound in Nicholas’s shoulder had
    rendered him helpless. He tried to rise, but couldn’t. Pissed, she tightened her hands around the handle. Before the wolf could pounce, she swung at his head, knocking him to the ground.
    An agonizing howl broke the still of the night, and she didn’t stop there. Louis staggered, shaking his head. Before he could recover, she struck him several more times until he’d fallen to the ground, high-pitched yelps ringing in her ears.
    “I hate you, I hate you, I hate, you!” She continued beating the beast, never seeing that Nicholas had shifted into his human form until a strong arm captured her wrist. Spinning her around and disarming her, he tossed the bat aside.
    “You’re no murderer Pearl.” He placed a hot palm on the side of her cheek as her anger turned to relief. Sobbing, she doubled over, slowly falling to the floor. Nicholas captured her in his arms, falling to the floor with her shaking in his arms. “I’ve got you now, darling.” He whispered. “Fuck, you’re bleeding.”
    “I’m fine. Are you alright?” She asked while clutching Nicholas in her grasp and checking for other wounds. They’d come so far, and she couldn’t afford to lose him, not to some senseless one-night stand she’d forgotten about.
    “It’ll heal, darling. But you—need medical attention. That adrenaline will wear off soon.”
    He went out into the kitchen, returned with a dishtowel and wrapped it around her arm.
    “I don’t feel anything. I’m fine.”
    “You’re so damned stubborn, woman,” he chastised softly.
    Still angry, she picked up the bat and threw it at the barely breathing wolf who’d slowly shifted into his human form.
    “Let Raven’s Falls police force do their job,” Nicholas, hugged her tight, stroking her hair. “Oh God, I came so close to losing you.” He whispered, burying his nose in her mussed up hair. “Pearl?” He released her, looking deep into her eyes with a serious gaze.
    She thought for sure he’d dump her after placing him in harm’s way. “Yes Nicholas?”
    “Did you know you have shitty taste in men?”
    “Oh, you ass.” She wanted to laugh and cry at the same time, but all she could do was nudge him. “Your sense of humor, priceless.” She sputtered against his chest. She felt the deep rumble of his chest as he laughed uncontrollably, until he grimaced from his
    wounds.
    * * *
    Minutes later, Officers Matriano and Shapiro and two others had taken Louis into
    custody.
    “Cover him up and get him to the hospital,” Officer Shapiro instructed. “No one wants to see that.” Shaking his head, he turned to Pearl. “Ms Gordon, is this the perp who broke into your house a few months ago?”
    She nodded as a