Guido growled as he held one hand tight to Janus' ankle, while the other reached for a dagger. Beside him, Mercer stirred. Their bodies were crusted and flaked with frost but they were somehow still mobile, the ice audibly cracked as they moved.
"Do you have any idea..." He said as he pulled, "how much a creature of legend such as these costs in the black market?"
"Might be enough to buy us both a manor ey, boss?" Mercer laughed beside him.
"Stop laughing and help me, you bastard."
Guido pulled his grip, causing Janus to fall again as he struggled. He fell face-first into a lump of rock jutting out from the grass and frost shards.
Hot blood-streaked out from his nose, blurring out his vision. He looked behind him and saw the outline of the two men -- still down on the ground but gaini
