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His muscles tensed, and a low growl rumbled in his throat.
I looked around, trying to spot the source of his distress, but all seemed calm.
“What is it?” I whispered, my voice trembling with fear.
He didn’t respond, his gaze fixed on something in the distance.
I strained to hear, to see, but found nothing there.
All was silent, eerily so.
And then, without warning, Talan’s instincts screamed at him.
He grabbed my hand and ducked his head down.
Just in time too, as a razor-sharp blade narrowly missed his head and slammed into the tree trunk beside us.
Our hiding days were over.
* * *
The stark realization of the danger we were in was punctuated by the thunderous growl of the beast that emerged from the dense foliage.
At first glance, the beast looked like it could have been something ripped straight from the darkest of Earth’s legends.
It’s a freakingwerewolf!
Its body was a mottled mass of muscular fury, skin covered in coarse, mottled fur.
Multiple yellow eyes protruded from its skull, darting with malice.
From its back extended spiny tendrils that lashed out at random intervals.
Talan, with a roar of his own, met the challenge.
The tension between him and the alien beast was palpable, the undercurrents of ferocity evident in the tense lines of their bodies as they faced off.
In that moment, I realized the absurdity of our situation.
There was Talan, a powerful and skilled fighter, and then there was me, human Riley, tethered to him like an unwanted sidekick.
We were a mismatched duo caught in a fight to the death.
Every move he made, I attempted to mimic.
Every advance, every retreat.
The irony wasn’t lost on me — it was like a deadly, choreographed dance.
But my human frailty compared to his might and that of the beast was a stark difference.
He was a force to be reckoned with, even with one arm.
His punches were deliberate, his kicks precise.
Yet, my unpredictable movements and raw panic threw him off balance multiple times.
The more I pulled away, trying to flee from the impending doom, the harder I made it for Talan to defend us.
