When Emily opened her eyes after blinking once, Lucas had already disappeared from their front. His speed had always been unmatched, but it still amazed her when she felt the man beside him loosen his grip as his arm got slashed by sharp paws.
“Good boy. I knew you would let go when I said so,” Lucas laughed, as he knelt down and gestured Emily to grab on his back and sit.
As Emily obliged to his carefully laid out request while he looked devastatingly terrifying in the form of a beast that could easily decapitate his foes, Lucas jumped off to the safest spot near Cornelius.
Emily stared at his pretty, golden eyes longingly and wanted to caress his face, feel his fur against her palm, though the time did not allow her yearning to intensify.
Lucas looked her in the eye for the last time
