Marked by the Alpha
Slowly, she lifted her eyes up to meet mine, and at the mocking grin she saw me sporting her movements froze.
Then she lunged in for a second attack.
But it was already too late. Morgan didn’t see the blow coming until my fist made contact with her furry, half-shifted face.
My knuckles met the exposed bridge of her nose, which gave away under them without the slightest hint of resistance.
My opponent stumbled off me, yelping as blood gushed out of the broken organ, and I got up as this happened, dusting off my training gear.
This did very little good, and my hands came away with blood—my blood that I had caught up all over my chest during Morgan’s relentless assault on me.