A potent curse dropped from Phelan\u2019s lips as he watched, wide-eyed, as Matt and Thom clambered up onto the lindworm\u2019s back even as the behemoth snaked toward Sif, leaving shattered ice in its wake. \u201cWhat the hell is she thinking?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Marin said, calmly drawing another arrow and watching the worm as it raced toward its new target. \u201cI have to trust she knows what she\u2019s doing. Do you know what you\u2019re<\/em> doing?\u201d<\/p>\n Phelan swore again and turned his attention back to Thordin, not for the first time thinking that maybe, just maybe, he should have recruited his lover or J.T. to accompany them.<\/p>\n Jac\u2019s going to be pissed as hell when we get back.<\/em> He shrugged free of his cloak and wrapped it around Thordin, ignoring the fact that his friend was dishrag-limp and disturbingly still. He was still breathing, and that was the only thing that mattered.<\/p>\n The lindworm bellowed again and Phelan winced, not daring to look up toward the creature as he studied the damage it had already done to Thordin. Blood soaked the warrior\u2019s parka and jeans, a gash on the side of his face similar to the one Matt had sustained bled briskly even with Phelan\u2019s hand pressed hard against it.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to get him back to camp,\u201d Phelan muttered, digging through his satchel one-handedly. \u201cAnd this fight needs to end fast because I can\u2019t tend him and hold his face together at the same time.\u201d He\u2019s bleeding bloody well everywhere. Dammit.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d help with that, but you told me that I\u2019d damned well better cover you.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI sure as hell don\u2019t want you to stop, either,\u201d Phelan said, pulling a vial out of his bag. He glanced at it, then at Thordin\u2019s face, then back to the vial.<\/p>\n It\u2019ll have to do.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhat are you\u2014is that glue<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNear enough to,\u201d Phelan said as he carefully applied the contents of the vial to Thordin\u2019s face, temporarily putting a seal on the bloody wound. \u201cIt won\u2019t hold forever, but it\u2019s going to buy us time.\u201d Time for me to look at everything else. Time to figure out what kind of havoc that venom\u2019s starting to wreak.<\/em><\/p>\n Time enough for Sif to kill the gods-be-damned thing before it circles back to finish the job it already started with Thordin.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A potent curse dropped from Phelan\u2019s lips as he watched, wide-eyed, as Matt and Thom clambered up onto the lindworm\u2019s back even as the behemoth snaked toward Sif, leaving shattered ice in its wake. \u201cWhat the hell is she thinking?\u201d … Continue reading