Rejection to Rebirth: A Luna's Vengeance
“Get back, please! Get to Laz!”
But I ignore him and fight beside him, back to back, our movements synchronized and I can’t help but smile. “I’m not leaving you!” I shout back, parrying a strike that comes dangerously close to Niklaus’s back. “Together, remember?”
He grunts in response, too focused on the fight to argue further. Together, we slowly but surely cut a path through the enemy, working our way towards the supposed safety of the surface. The guards are tough but disorganized, and it strikes me as odd, the way they seem almost to be holding back.