Chapter 10
Battle of the Bayou
Everything came back into focus for Haris when a swipe of claw came too close to Mitra for his comfort. One second, he was convinced he was on death’s doorstep, the next he was watching his best friend cut down any ubir that got close. But Zaid had gotten there before the rest of the venari, and one of them got past him. The ubir’s hands shifted into the paws—and six-inch claws—of a bear and took a lunge at Mitra, who was digging in the leaves for her Deathstone. Haris panicked and lashed out, jumping at the ubir to keep him away from Mitra’s head, and it only got him a s***h across his arm as the ubir threw him to the ground. Before the ubir had a chance to come for him again, a venari swept past, imbedding an obsidian sword in the belly of the ubir and th
