The scream tore through the ancient stone corridors, high-pitched and laced with absolute, primal terror.
It was a child's scream.
The intoxicating heat of Finn’s kiss evaporated instantly. His lips tore from mine, his head snapping towards the dark maw of the transit tunnel. The golden warmth in his eyes vanished, replaced in a microsecond by the dilated, pitch-black pupils of a lethal predator whose blood had just been threatened.
"Wrex!" Nyx’s voice echoed down the corridor, followed by the sickening, wet sound of flesh hitting solid concrete.
"Stay here!" Finn roared at me.
He didn't wait for a response. The Hound launched himself into the darkness, his speed so explosive the resulting gust of wind blew the nearest torches out.
But I was not a fragile human girl anymore. I was th
