The Alpha's Plump Mistake
I shouted, dodging the advance of a third soldier.
“Don’t get distracted, outcast!” Chloe’s shrill voice echoed from behind the purple smoke.
She had emerged from the shadows of the medical corridor, her hands marked with that dark rune from the Dead Lands, her eyes burning with a mad envy as she looked at my royal attire. Chloe carried no swords; instead, she held a black crystal vial containing mystical poison, which she intended to hurl directly at my face.