ALICE POV
With trembling hands, I manage to unbuckle my seatbelt. I push open the door and stumble out, my legs unsteady. Jacob grabs my arm, his grip unyielding. The scent of sandalwood from Alex still lingers in my nostrils, grounding me momentarily.
"Is it just you, Jacob?" I ask, looking around for any signs of human or non-human beings nearby. The clearing is quiet, just the two of us. Perfect, the egotistical fool underestimated me again.
"Expecting someone else, babe?" he taunts, tightening his grip on my arm. "It's just me. I don't need anyone else to take you down. The mutt needed his little wolfsbane dose just to keep things fair between us."
"What? Afraid to be unable to put both of us down at the same time, little Malfoy?" I taunt him.
"I see, the mutt has given you part o
