* Cerberus *They tried to sidestep me, quick as a shadow, but I matched them.Steel rang again, sparks flashing between us. I drove them back a step, two, but they didn't falter. Whoever they were, they'd been trained to slip past a guard, not challenge one head-on. Which meant the fact I was still between them and my son was already unraveling their plan."You're not leaving here alive," I said, and I meant it in the simplest way possible, like a fact carved in stone.They slashed for my thigh. I caught the blade on mine, twisted, and nearly wrenched their weapon free. But they were wiry, slippery, and with a desperate feint they broke to my left, sprinting for the low slope that would put them within sight of the Alpha house.My body moved before thought. The knife at my hip left my hand, spinning silver through the dark, and bit deep into their side. They stumbled but didn't fall.That told me more than anything else. They weren't human.I closed the distance, catching them by the
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