How To Crack A Shoulder Blade Novels & Stories

It’s a hit. A bad one. There’s a sharp crack as my shoulder smashes into the boards, and a jagged white-hot pain shoots through me. “Dom! Dom!” someone’s yelling. Hands on me, tugging at me. I grit my teeth so hard it feels like they’ll crack too. Goddammit. My arm’s useless. My ribs feel like they’ve caved in. It’s bad. I can feel the bones grinding. But I can also feel them… moving. Already.

A small plastic square, unassuming and utterly out of reach. I let out a quiet breath. Reaching it looked like a monumental task. I inhaled carefully and shifted my weight, inching toward the left. The pain hit instantly. Not sharp—searing. It exploded through my shoulder like fire under my skin, ripping a sound from my throat before I could stop it. The noise came out wrong—too raw to be a cry, too broken to be a growl. It startled me. That definitely would have been heard. Instinct took over. My right hand flew to my left shoulder, fingers pressing down as if I could physically hold the pain in place. The pressure met thick bandaging.

I squint, unimpressed. Pressure points do not hurt supernaturals as much as they do humans, but they do nonetheless. Shifting so my shoulder blade is level with his chest like the second stroke of a 'T', I cock back my left arm, the one with the stick that broke to have the less sharp end and then, I pitch it forward, releasing my half-branch.

Saine released the handle and stepped back. The second man came from the left. No time to dodge. The blade bit into his left shoulder, struck bone, didn't sink all the way through. It lodged in his scapula. Stuck. His own bone cracked. Not a sharp crack. A dull one. He looked down at his left shoulder. The knife still embedded in the bone, the handle jutting out. He reached over with his right hand, gripped the handle, pulled it out. Blood sprayed across his face. He threw the knife to the ground and pressed his hand against the wound. Blood squeezed out between his fingers. The third, fourth, and fifth men charged at once.

Grinding pain. I hissed through my teeth, jaw clenched tight. No time to baby it. I leaned back against the rock, locked my spine, gripped the wrist with my left hand. Steadied my breath. Counted to three. Then jerked it forward and up. A sickening pop tore through my shoulder. Vision sparked white for a second. I bit down on a guttural noise and forced myself to breathe through the pain. It held. Joint back in place. The climb was slow, but I made it up.

The movement exposes my shoulder and he takes it, locking down and wrenching. I pivot with the torque, spin us again, and slam my elbow back into his ribs—once, twice—measured, precise. He grunts, grip tightening instead of loosening. Stubborn bastard! I drop my weight and catch his wrist, twisting hard and turning into him in one fluid motion. My forearm slides up under his, locking at the joint, shoulder braced to his chest. Now it’s my leverage. I press. He resists, muscles corded, feet planted wide. His free hand grips my forearm, trying to pry it loose.

"Okay. You need to put your left foot in front, then use the palm of your hand to press on the nerve here..." A shape loomed up fast, cutting through the space just as his fingers neared my shoulder. Without warning, Leon stood there, planted firm, breaking the moment like a wall gone up in seconds. "That technique is too rough for a beginner like Rhea, Oliver," Leon said in a forced calm tone, though his eyes glinted. "I know a much better technique. That shoulder press won't work if your opponent is taller."

My jaw began to ache and throb as I felt my teeth elongate slightly, also causing a trickle of blood to enter my mouth, before the teeth subtracted back into my gums. "Argh!" I let out a scream as my left knee snapped and began bending the other way and, I let out a cry of agony when said knee once again snapped back to normal. I received a total of 3 minutes respite, when A rather loud crack sounded through the air as my shoulder snapped out of place. Instantly my arm bent backwards, and remained that way, pointing behind me in an unnatural, uncomfortable position. I screamed in agony again, nothing, absolutely nothing, not even the bite itself felt this painful. My limb just as quickly sna

Sweat trickled down my brow and my breathing was faster than I would have liked. "You're still resting way too forward when you throw your hands," Griffin said as he came in behind me and tapped my arm. "That's gonna throw you off balance. Keep your spine straight. Like this." He stepped back and spread his legs as he demonstrated the move with a sharp twist of his torso. His movements were actually clean and precise.