Born From The Ash
They poured from the main tunnel, a dozen or more, their movements a jerky, unnatural parody of a wolf’s grace.
“For Ashborne!” David bellowed, and met the first charge with his axe, cleaving a beast in two with a single, brutal swing.
“For Blackridge!” Kaiden’s roar was answered and challenged, his sword a silver arc that severed a leaping wolf’s head from its shoulders.
The world dissolved into a kaleidoscope of violence. The air thickened with the coppery stench of blood and the ozone-tang of magic. I became a creature of instinct and motion, my twin blades extensions of my will. Parry, thrust, dodge.