Gwen brushed some dirt out of her hair and heaved a sigh. “Thanks dude. That had me to rights.”
“I know. But—”
Gwen shoved him, cutting his words short. A half- second later, a battle-axe whizzed over Alex’s head. The chubby Shadow Swine holding it swung again but Gwen dove between his legs. Half-scooting, half-crawling, she almost wriggled through, but chubby chub squeezed his jackboots together.
Gwen pounded on his feet with her fists, but he only tightened his legs. He raised his axe. “Me get you now human.”
“Oh, no, you don’t,” Gwen said, coiling around his calves like a snake. “I happen to like my brains inside my skull, thank you very much.”
Gwen held her breath, hoping he was smart enough to realize that he would hit himself while striking her. She overestimated his intelligenc
