The Freak Is The Mate Of The Lycan
Stacks of shields, all bearing the black, snarling wolf of his pack.
A dozen men worked in the shadows, their forms lit by the red glow of a forge at the far end. The only sounds were the shing-shing-shing of a whetstone on steel, and the low, rhythmic clang of a hammer.
"The fang," Ares said, his voice a whisper. It carried in the cold, dead air.
He walked to a rack of swords. He pulled one free. It sang as it left the scabbard. It was a long, heavy, vicious blade, gleaming with oil.