LancelBang! The twin door roared open at the full force of my kick, shoving the guard behind it to the ground. Dust scattered in the air as the doors crashed too. The guard arose quickly, claws out and eyes sheening with a fierce shade of golden yellow. He barked at me, lurched at me, and in that moment, my world became slow. Milliseconds turned into hours, not because of him, but Tessa. Every part of her screamed distress, fueling both rage and despair in my blood.“Lance!” Her tears glittered like diamonds, the pain in her chords hit me deep like a mallet, but nothing crushed me more than seeing her and her mother bound in chains. The guard yelled as he tried to claw my chest. To his own unfortunate luck, he was slow, open, and vulnerable in a hundred places. I didn’t dodge him, let alone move an inch from my position; I went for his throat in a blink. He grunted, gripped my forearm with both of his hands, as long strokes of veins nearly ripped out of his forehead.I couldn’t car
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