There's a hole in my heart that's bleeding
The taste of blood hit his tongue and with it came a surge of regret that lasted exactly one heartbeat, quickly burned away by the second pull of her magic as she tucked one arm and reached for him with the other. He felt the fury surge and roil, but the merciful part of him sent an iron barricade. He did not wish to kill her, no. He knew he could, but he just wanted her to run away.
Yet even wounded, she reached, and he felt it again as her fingertips brushed into his fur. Felt that invasive hook sinking past fur and flesh, clawing deep inside him. His muscles tremored with it, not from fear but from fury. It was like the drawing frrom a parasite, and it needed to stop. The polar bear answered with violence.
He swung a massive paw in a brutal arc, not a delicate strike but a hammering blow meant to break her balance and send her skidding across the sticky crystal floor. Another roar followed the strike, harsher and full of command that nearly shook the cavern with its intensity.
3/4 - Noah tries to SMACK her away with a big ole deadly-clawed paw
But its given me strength I needed to carry on
