*Zay*
I braze myself, waiting for more pain, thinking I don’t have time to get away, and wondering who it might be wanting me dead, beside Raya I mean.
My wolf is protesting, wanting to fight. And I suddenly get the ‘life flashing before your eyes’ thing, but all I see is Raya.
When no pain comes I open my eyes and see Raya charge forward, she has her knife drawn and I see a broken crossbow arrow on the ground. She has cut it out of the air, most likely saving my life.
Relief washes through me, and then anger, because whoever sent this assassin didn’t only endanger my life, but also Raya’s. Both me and my wolf are ready to charge forward, but honestly she seems to handle it better than I ever could.
I watch in amazement as the assassin in the tree fires again and she parries the arr
