MATED TO THE STUBBORN HUMAN
Our warriors launched forward, blades cutting through them in the dim light.
This time, the Dread Stalkers didn’t disappear into the shadows. They couldn’t.
They had no power left.
And just like that we slaughtered them.
Finally, the last Stalker fell with a final, piercing screech and then dissolved into nothing.
Silence settled over the battlefield once more.
The warriors stood, panting, gripping their weapons tightly.
We had lost some.
But we could have lost everything.
Xander turned to me, his expression unreadable.
Then he said, voice low, "You just saved every single one of us."
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