Cassian
Even before I see them, I know we’re in trouble. The two I heard talking have joined up with two more. We thought we’d have the numbers on them, but we don’t. They’ve got the numbers on us.
It’s a damn good thing I’m here. There’s no way Em and Milo would have been able to handle this fight alone.
But they’re not alone. They’ve got me. And I’m the equal of any wolf I meet. I’m the best fighter of our generation. I’m sure of that, and now’s my chance to prove it.
I take the leader, hurling myself at him, not even waiting to see what Em and Milo are doing behind me.
In the split second before our bodies collide, I can see that he’s taken aback by me. The wolf pack called in reinforcements, but it never occurred to them that Em and Milo would have reinforcements of their own. The
