THE BANISHED LUNA
Chapter 23 – The Edge of Ruin
The monstrous rogue slammed forward, its sheer weight shaking the frozen ground.
Aria darted to meet it, sword gleaming in her trembling grip. Serena surged inside her veins, lending her reflexes faster than thought, but even with the wolf’s strength the impact rattled through her bones. Steel clashed against claw. The shock knocked her stumbling back, boots slipping across blood-slick snow.
Kieran was already there, his own blade biting deep into the beast’s flank. It barely slowed. The thing’s snarling face swung toward Aria again, as though it knew who it had come for.