**Jax**

I snarled, fangs bared the slightest.

Abby's pounding heart drowned out the sound of whoever was lurking around outside. Fear clung to her flesh, and her aura pumped with terror.

"What?" she asked.

"Someone's here."

My first priority was getting Abby to safety. Then I'd hunt down whoever was here and kill them. I grabbed Abby's hand and dragged her out of the pool house, my head on a swivel as I surveyed our ...