The Lullaby of Wolfbane
But I also feel his control, he doesn’t overextend, doesn’t chase, doesn’t let his healing body become a weakness.
Good. Because I need him alive more than I need him heroic.
I throw myself into the second rogue, teeth catching his shoulder, and we roll in the dust. His claws rake across my flank, not deep, but enough to sting. I shove him off and kick free, then snap at his foreleg.
He stumbles.
Logan’s wolf barrels past and finishes the disable with one brutal shoulder, check that sends the rogue crashing into the barricade.
Our line holds.
Then a horn blasts, different tone, lower, cutting through the din. The rogues hesitate. It’s small. A fraction. But it’s real.
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