"NOOO!!"
Holding Deck's wolf, I shrieked as the swords came down at us. I felt every single one of them jostled him as if each blade was stabbing me right in my heart. It took a minute before everything stopped, and then the only sounds left were my cries and curses.
"Deck, no. Why did you...?"
Gently, I rolled his wolf off of me and laid him on the floor. I knew he was gone. The bond felt empty now that I was the only one left. Still, I shook his body, trying to wake him up.
Multiple swords were impaled throughout his wolf form. His limbs were still pliant, and the fur was still warm with his blood, but he was no longer breathing, and his eyes were closed.
I didn't even get to say goodbye to him.
"Deck, please. Don't leave me. Not you, too. Oh, Deck... "
I pleaded over and over aga
