~ Voridian~
The pain hit first—not the searing kind that makes you scream, but the deep, vibrating kind that knocks the breath out of you. My lycan roared reacting to the pain. The arrow had struck low in my side just under my ribs. Thankfully, it had missed my heart but it tore through my side because it was laced with silver and it sent me staggering.
Elowen let out a muffled scream as I fell to my knees, dragging her with me. She tried to help me up but I stopped her.
“Stay down!” I growled, wrapping an arm around her.
My back burned where I’d taken the brunt of the hit, and the iron tip of the arrow was still embedded in my flesh. It throbbed in time with my heartbeat.
I didn’t care. She was safe. That was all that mattered. I had brought her here and I had to make sure that
