A throaty snarl came from Aiden as his shoulders began to hunch, nails growing to a fine point. “That’s twice you’ve thrown your weight at me, Duskfall.”
“At least I have weight to throw around, Northerner,” Clyde snapped. “I don’t gotta rely on Daddy’s influence to be heard by anyone!”
I barely processed the scene before me as Aiden lunged forward, sending him and Clyde tumbling to the ground in a flurry of fur and claws. Instinct threw me higher up the bank side, watching as they kicked dust and pebbles up. “Knock it off, you two!”
Yeah, Aria, because they’ll really listen to reason.
The glint of the river caught my eye, quickly spinning a stupidly dangerous plan into motion. Glancing around the bank, I found the biggest stick I could find and hoisted it upwards like a bat, eying
