And My Axe Novels & Stories

The room fell into heavy silence except for everyone’s breathing. Rex looked down at me immediately. “What happened?” I stared at the unconscious wolf, heart hammering painfully. “I saw something.” Kaelen’s expression sharpened. “What kind of something?” I swallowed hard. “I think…” My voice shook slightly. “I think there’s another entity connected to the Axis.” Ash blinked. “Another?” “That one from earlier said it chose control,” I whispered. “But this…” My stomach twisted violently. “This felt different.” Rex’s hand remained firm against my back. Grounding. Protective.

” Call me Jake Alexander. I scrambled across the dirt without a single bit of grace and dignity, furiously attempting to get to my feet. Like a man toying with a rat, his axe continuously crashed down around me trying to slice into my soft skin of flesh. He swings furiously and all I could do is dodging and take steps back at his every swing. He lets out a deep laugh and holds his axes high much to the delight of the crowd. They roar with approval. CUT HIM, SLICE HIM! SLICE HIM the crowd ranted.

Axel groaned in pain as the beast managed to scrape the flesh on his arms, causing it to bleed. "Axel," I said, trying to tend to his wound, but he stopped me with his hand and assured me that he was okay. Ignoring the bleeding wound on his arm, he started fighting the beast with his sword. It looked like they had similar strengths with each other, but since the creature was bigger, Axel had a more difficult time evading its attacks. I clicked my tongue and decided that I just couldn't stand still anymore. I picked up a large rock from the ground and threw it toward the creature's head. The creature turned its head towards me, appearing to be enraged.