\u201cGet behind me, Thom,\u201d Thordin snapped as he advanced toward the screaming, howling things left behind as the flames of Rory\u2019s initial assault subsided.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow the hell am I–\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDammit, just do what I said.\u00a0 Your wife will murder<\/i> me if anything happens to you.\u00a0 If your damn boots hadn\u2019t been on the bloody ground a minute ago, I\u2019d have sent you with the other two!\u201d\u00a0 Thordin brandished his weapon at the first of the battered skinchangers to emerge from the burning brush alongside the road.\u00a0 \u201cNow stay behind me and back me up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thom uttered a heartfelt curse and sidestepped until he was half behind Thordin.\u00a0 \u201cThis would work a hell of a lot better if I had something with range.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not my fault you didn\u2019t think to bring your wife\u2019s bow!\u201d<\/p>\n
Howling a battlecry, Thordin launched himself at the skinchangers, Thom and Rory plunging in his wake.<\/p>\n
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\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022<\/p>\n
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Cameron shuddered at the sound of Thordin\u2019s cry, now far behind them.\u00a0 Damn.\u00a0 I should be there, not running like this.<\/i>\u00a0 He glanced back at Jacqueline, riding half a stride behind him.\u00a0 Her face was pale and drawn in the moonlight, her jaw set.<\/p>\n
She was terrified, but she hated leaving as much as he did.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ll be okay,\u201d he shouted over his shoulder at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019d better be!\u201d she snapped, her eyes narrowing briefly.\u00a0 \u201cI won\u2019t forgive a single one of them if they get themselves killed!\u201d<\/p>\n
Something tells me you\u2019d drag them all back from the other side just so you can give them a stern talking-to.<\/i>\u00a0 Cameron killed the smirk he felt forming and turned his eyes back to the road.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you think we\u2019ll make it in time?\u201d she yelled over the sound of their horses.<\/p>\n
Cameron swallowed bile and hoped he sounded more cavalier than he felt.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019d better!\u00a0 We\u2019re the only backup Phelan\u2019s got.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wasn\u2019t that<\/i> the truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cGet behind me, Thom,\u201d Thordin snapped as he advanced toward the screaming, howling things left behind as the flames of Rory\u2019s initial assault subsided. \u201cHow the hell am I–\u201d \u201cDammit, just do what I said.\u00a0 Your wife will murder me … Continue reading