The rogues circled closer around them. Red eyes glowed between the trees, stalking, waiting, ready to strike and kill. Damien stepped slightly forward, positioning himself between Serena and the nearest wolf.“Stay behind me,” he ordered.Serena’s jaw tightened. “I can handle myself.”He didn’t look back at her. “That wasn’t a suggestion, it's an order from a higher rank.”“Then your rank can screw off.” Serena shot back earning the slightest smile from Damein. Just then, the largest rogue lunged forward, his mouth wide. Damien met it head-on.He caught it mid-air by the scruff of the neck and shoulder, twisting with the force of the impact. They crashed to the ground in a violent thud. The wolf snapped at his throat, but Damien drove his knee into its ribs and slammed its skull against a tree trunk with a sickening crack.The second rogue attacked immediately, seizing the opening.Damien dropped low just as it leaped. He slid under its body, grabbed it by the underbelly, and su
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