---- He's pretty surly with strangers, and now he was on his feet, trying to scent that warrior, clearly interested.
"Tell me... who are you?" | took a few steps, swallowing sof that disgusting mist, and asked. But before we
got anywhere, that mage rushed me. "Wait, | just want to talk!" | roared, legs bending into a defensive stance. In
seconds, he was almost on top of me. My eyes shifted to my wolf's red and locked with his. Up close, | caught the
pale gray in them, striking, with a dark ring circling the iris, set off by long, pretty lashes that were way too...
feminine?
A subtle scent of wild violets slammed intolike a gale, knockingsideways. I'm a seasoned hunter and a
lethal fighter. A lycan descended from the royal line and, for the first tin my life, my wolf and | froze. "Get
down, damn it!" the muffled roar from behind that cover snappedout of it, but too late. ---- The hiss behind
melting the fabric on contact and eating into my chest. Pain scorched across my skin, and the stink of rot and hot
iron turned almost unbreathable.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtRight in front ofrose the massive head of what looked like a dark greenish serpent, blending perfectly with
the swamp. I'd never seen a creature this huge, several meters long, and it was still coiled. White eyes stared my
way, though they looked blind, maybe because it lived underground and sunlight barely reached here. Its hissing
grew meaner by the second. The rings of scales rippled, coiling to strike, fangs dripping that black fluid that had
hitand was still burning my chest. "Don't fight it...
run, run!" Before | could call on my shift to battle, a smaller hand in a leather glove grabbed mine. She shoved
Through fog and obstacles. Something toldthis was the nastiest part of the swamp, but my new ally seemed
to know where we were headed... or so | thought. She stopped short, and | almost smacked into her back. Up
close, | realized she was tall for a female; even under those masculine layers, she looked a little... curvy.
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