Ashes of Six
She flinched, trying to rise, but her legs buckled.
“Stay down,” I hissed, sliding between her and the oncoming light. My shadows unfurled, a living cloak wrapping her in smoke and silence. The crypt swallowed us whole. I could feel her heat against my back, her pulse stuttering like a trapped bird. My hunger sharpened on it, cruel and insistent.
The first mercenary rounded the corner. My blade kissed his throat before he could shout, shadows pulling him into the dark. His body hit the stones with a wet crack. Another came, then two more. I cut them down without hesitation, the crypt running slick with blood.
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