The Lycan King’s Broken Mate
she screamed.
She raised her sword, its blade gleaming in the morning light—but there was no light, only cold shadow. The first strike came at me, the second toward Rowan. A double-edged movement, swift, soaked in blood.
I leapt sideways, deflecting the blow with the edge of my blade. Old reflexes, the ones we had trained together, still lived in me: block, step, recover. Smoke drifted closer, sweat rolled down my face, but I did not let go.