The Night I Hear Their Truths
Lyra's POV
"Bring back the Luna alive. Kill the rest!"
The words hit me like a slap and then everything turned into blood and noise.
Ronan moved in front of me so fast I almost did not see him, and a hunter rushed us from the right.
Ronan cut him down before the man even lifted his blade and another came from behind.
I screamed, "Behind you!"
Ronan turned and blocked the strike with a hard clang that rang through the trees.
"Run!" he snapped at me.
"I am not leaving you!"
His eyes flashed at me. "This is not bravery. This is stupidity."
A hunter lunged for me before I could answer and I stumbled back and grabbed the first thing I saw, a fallen branch.
He swung and I threw my arm up, the branch cracked against his blade a
