The Hidden Hybrid’s Redemption
With a brutal downward swing of his fist, he shattered the guard’s jaw, sending him crashing lifelessly into the dark chasm below.
Killian fell to one knee, his chest heaving violently as he clutched his frozen shoulder, his breathing ragged and shallow in the freezing twilight.
I scrambled to his side, my hands frantically tearing open the silver mesh of his tunic to expose the wound. The flesh around the puncture was a dull, lifeless gray, the frost spreading rapidly toward his collarbone. Without thinking, I pressed my bare, sweat-slicked palms directly over the frozen skin, using the raw friction of my hands to rub warmth back into his shoulder, desperate to keep his blood flowing.