#Chapter 24 Secrets and Lies

I waited for the killing bite, but suddenly, and without warning, the imposter wolf was turning tail and bolting from the scene. At that same instant, another figure loomed over me, and I nearly screamed again before I realized who it was. Justin, my heart, my mate, had saved me again. “Oh, my dearest,” Justin murmured, gathering me into his arms. “You need to shift so I can carry you.” In my human form, the pain in my leg was just as intense, but I could see the damage much clearer, which made it that much worse. He had torn my leg open to the bone, and it dangled uselessly from my body. “This is going to hurt, but we have to slow the bleeding,” Justin said as he pulled his shirt over his head. He was right. I was losing a lot of blood and beginning to feel woozy from it. He balled his shirt up and pressed it against the wound. I screamed again. The fact that I remained conscious was a miracle. “I know, I know,” Justin soothed, as he tied the sleeves of the shirt aroun