KARINA
A massive Feral blind-sided Kole near the rear tires of the transport truck.
The beast slammed its heavy shoulder into his chest, knocking his rifle from his hands and driving him hard against the steel bumper. Kole grappled fiercely with the monster, his thick arms straining to hold the snapping, drooling jaws inches from his throat.
Seeing the terrifying Alpha pushed to the breaking point shattered my paralyzing fear.
Dashing from the safety of the brush, I snatched a discarded silver combat blade from a dead Council guard's belt. The cold metal bit into my palm. Sprinting across the bloody snow, I let out a feral, aggressive scream, channeling every ounce of my repressed rage into my dominant arm.
I vaulted over a frozen log and drove the silver blade brutally deep into
