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DanikaThe blue creature we had come here to find landed on top of Thomar and shoved him to the ground. I screamed as Varin went down under a huge Hive something—not blue, but Atlan big. Another dropped onto Helion.
Three tackled the Atlan Warlord who bellowed with rage and seemed to transform before my eyes. He got bigger and bigger, his face changing into a giant’s, his hands huge.
A beast. He was turning into his beast.
Holy s**t.
I shook, adrenaline making me frantic. I was the only one standing. Alone. Untouched.
“Scary and mean. Scary and mean.” I chanted the words to myself as I lifted the small blaster Varin had made for me and pointed it at one of the three enemies stacked on top of the beast. They were thick and if I missed one, I’d most likely hit another.
I fired. One
