*Warning This and the two chapters after are a bit more b.loody, g.ory, and descriptive than the others* He stayed unmoving, keeping his eyes trained on me, and I braced for the fight. Then, he turned so fast that he almost tripped over the carpet. Ready to hunt? - I asked Aksala. I’m craving blood - she growled in response. I shed any part of me that thought this might be a bit s.adistic and was left with a blazing excitement that yearned for this game. Ten seconds, Miles - I crooned through the link - Are you running, or are you hiding? I stood in the very same place I had knelt in my parent's blood. I had come back triumphant, the leader of the pack that had taken me. So much blood had been s.pilled on my pack, but I was more than willing to add to it. I flipped the d.agger in

