The Apex's hidden mate
The rogue should’ve gone limp by now.
But then—something shifts.
The vines, instead of finishing the job, slither across the ground toward me.
“What the—” I snap at them, twisting to bite through the nearest coil, but my teeth barely make a dent.
They wrap around my legs, my chest, pulling me off balance.
The rogue’s eyes flare with something like grim satisfaction as the vines loosen around his throat.
Before I can react, he lunges—
His teeth sink into my side, white-hot pain ripping through me. I roar, snapping back at him, but the vines erupt upward, wrapping my neck, my muzzle, my whole body.
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