The Alpha's Warlock
At something behind me, that snarled and thrashed and let out a horrible high keening as Nate’s finger lightning hit it dead-on.
I managed to scramble up, turning over to get a better look and getting halfway out from under Nate. Chest to chest, we both stared at the twitching, smoking thing a couple of feet away.
“Last I checked, bears don’t wear wrist watches,” Nate said, his voice high and shaky.
We both turned our heads, our eyes met, and we dissolved into helpless laughter. Nate collapsed, his shoulders shaking.
I levered myself up and offered him a hand, and we both inched a little closer. Definitely a human of some variety, definitely dead quite a while…but not so long that it didn’t