Holding one arm up to keep the door from coming back and slamming into him, Todd didn’t miss a step. He kicked and was running into his quarters in the same movement.
The sight that met him nearly froze him in his tracks. Nick, naked from the waist up, was pinned by the kelbit against the wall. He was barely standing, his legs were bent, and he was held off the floor by the kelbit’s short talon-like scales digging into his arms and thighs. The pants he was wearing were in tatters from mid-thigh down but otherwise intact. Todd realized that wouldn’t be the case for long. Mind flooding with dozens of what-ifs and possibilities, Todd pushed away thoughts of his kindhearted mate being brutalized and abused in such a way, and right under Todd’s nose.
Todd sprinted across the room and grabbed
