Bloodscript: Survival Game of the Reborn
Hard muscle under a thin layer of fabric, smelling like cold night air, steel, and the faintest hint of something wild—fur and old blood and something older than both.
Big hands closed on my upper arms, steadying me like I weighed nothing.
My breath left me in a painful exhale. My head snapped back.
And I looked up.
He was tall enough that I had to crane my neck. Sharp cheekbones, straight nose, mouth set in a line that was almost bored, almost cruel. Hair black enough to blend into the shadows, cut in a way that brushed his forehead and the tops of his ears.
His skin was pale, not sickly but unnatural, as if sunlight hadn’t touched him in a long time. His eyes—