Theea
know this ain't for the weak
or for hate, it's for soul
or for hate, it's for soul
The gust snaps past my cheek—sharp, deliberate—and that’s when it clicks: Damien’s on me, trying to help. He’s hurt too, same as me, just lower; a rat on him, gusted by magic. Hawthorn.
I grit my teeth as I jam the dagger up. It finds the seam beneath the rat’s jaw and sinks; hot blood spatters my sleeve. The jaws slacken and I rip my arm free—pain flaring bright, then settling into a hard, workable throb as blood runs in rivulets down my wrist, dripping from my fingers. I’m getting better at carrying this kind of hurt, which probably says something questionable about my life choices.
I shift my footing, bring the shortsword up and drive it down in the same breath Deimos tears the other rat off Damien and warns that more would be coming. The beast in front of me is still screeching—calling—and I angle for the notch behind its skull, trying to cut the sound out of the room before more come boiling up from the nest.
“With me,” I toss back to Damien—not a plea, just a line between us—and brace for however many more there are.
Theea tries to silence the last ROU!
I grit my teeth as I jam the dagger up. It finds the seam beneath the rat’s jaw and sinks; hot blood spatters my sleeve. The jaws slacken and I rip my arm free—pain flaring bright, then settling into a hard, workable throb as blood runs in rivulets down my wrist, dripping from my fingers. I’m getting better at carrying this kind of hurt, which probably says something questionable about my life choices.
I shift my footing, bring the shortsword up and drive it down in the same breath Deimos tears the other rat off Damien and warns that more would be coming. The beast in front of me is still screeching—calling—and I angle for the notch behind its skull, trying to cut the sound out of the room before more come boiling up from the nest.
“With me,” I toss back to Damien—not a plea, just a line between us—and brace for however many more there are.
Theea tries to silence the last ROU!
tell them to retreat
cause they ain't even close
cause they ain't even close
