Chapter 0083

Crack.

The bottom of the bow snapped from the pressure. What kind of weakly made –?

The boar jerked its head toward me, alerted now of my presence.

I was behind the tree but Silver was mostly exposed.

The boar kicked out the ground. It was going to charge!

“Silver, run!” I rushed from my cover to push the wolf into action. I wouldn’t see her get hurt, not if there

was something I could do about it.

The boar rushed forward, tusks first. With a horrible squealing noise, it tore through the underbrush,

twigs and leaves snapping underfoot.

Silver darted to the side, but I was too slow. The boar was coming right for me.

The boar was fast, but Silver was faster. She lunged at the boar, colliding with its side. It veered off

course, missing me by a few mere inches as I rolled out of the way.

my side and helped me up onto my feet. As

winced. I must have twisted it. I

Silver. I’ll climb a

to move from my

for help? I

faced us again. It huffed and dug both feet into the dirt. It was going

howling done, Silver lowered her ears.

boar, monstrous and angry, didn’t seem to

a bat out of

to move, but my ankle shot blinding hot pain

right

Silver darted forward.

tree line and plunged into the side

the first. Alm true, it felled the creature. The boar collapsed,

way the arrows had come from. I followed

them though, two figures rushing through

line. Julian was close behind him. Their wolf companions bounded forward, stopping to meet Silver.

relieved, to see all of them and know I was safe, that I collapsed down into

again, alarmed. He pushed toward me even faster than before. He dropped to his knees beside me. Holding his

damage.

I said, grimacing. “It’s just

looked down. It had already begun to

alive?” Julian asked from behind us. He’d walked to where

“I’m alive,” I said.

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