CHAPTER 27

The creature leapt as Rusk, its strength lifting it farther from the ground than should have been possible, so that it came down almost on top of him. Lip-less jaws snapped excitedly.

His breath halted. He raised the damning spear the Alpha had presented him, and, using the creature's momentum, shoved so that the beast flew to the side. It twisted mid-air, righting itself, and landed in a crouch s