Zane’s heart pounded hard. Only one word kept shouting in his mind.
Run!
Claire nodded to him.
He rushed toward her, lowering his wolf head. With a careful toss, he lifted Claire onto his back.
Finished
She quickly found her balance, tightened the fur pouch, grabbed onto his thick fur, and pressed herself low against his body,
“Rufus, run!”
Zane barked, then dashed ahead like a flying arrow, heading straight for the crocodile beastfolk.
Those rogue beastfolk who had fought earlier at the clan entrance remembered how fierce Zane had been Without thinking, they scrambled aside and left a clear path.
That sight made Jeffrey so furious that he almost lost control.
“Idiots! Stop them!”
Right as he yelled, the gyrfalcon’s talons tore several scales from his back.
Rufus flapped his wings and flew higher, still sneering as he
“So this is what a Level 3 amounts to.”
In truth, he didn’t dare face Jeffrey head–on. All he could do was attack from above and use his advantage.
Only when Zane and Claire were nearly gone from sight did Rufus start to pull away.
Jeffrey refused to let them escape. He tightened his snake body, slammed it against the ground like a spring, and shot into the air.
His fangs snapped shut. They barely missed the gyrfalcon’s wing/Cold sweat broke across Rufus’s skin as he shot even higher into the sky.
The cobra fell back to the ground. Jeffrey changed back into human form and stared toward where the wolf and female had disappeared. His eyes turned dark and cruel,
“Female, you’ll belong to me sooner or later!”
Zane kept running fast. Even though he tried to keep steady, Claire still started to feel sick from the motion.
“Urgh!”
She gagged as her stomach twisted.
Zane glanced back. When he saw no one chasing them, he finally slowed to a stop.
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“Claire, are you okay?”
“I–I’m fine!”
Mostly, he had been moving too fast for her to keep up.
Philsked
Claire leaned against his big body to rest. After that, she took some water from the space and drank it. The dizzy feeling slowly went away.
“I wonder how Rufus is doing. I hope nothing happened to him.”
Her voice was full of worry.
Zane raised his head and looked up at the sky.
“He’s fine.”
Right after he said that, the gyrfalcon dropped down in front of them.
“Rufus, did that snake bite you?” Claire asked.
She had already checked Zane earlier while escaping. He had no body.
open
wounds, only some injuries inside his
Rufus kept his expression calm. “How could a snake bite me? Eagl
“Good.”
are their natural enemy!”
Claire’s thoughts were messy, but the cold wind helped cle
her mind.
“Now that rogue beastfolk have taken over the clan, where should we go?”
Snow kept falling heavily. Before long, their tracks disappeared under the white snow. At least for now, they didn’t have to worry about being followed.
Back at the clan, the rogue beastfolk were searching every cave and piling up all the food they found.
Most fox clan beastfolk were already dead, and the rogue beastfolk were roasting the bodies over fires.
> The females had been locked away. What awaited them was endless suffering.
Rufus spread his wings to block the wind from hitting Claire and answered right away, “Come with us to the eagle clan. It’s far, but nearby clans are too small. None of them will accept outsiders during winter.”
Zane nodded. “That’s a good idea.”
Claire agreed as well.
The three of them were still discussing what to do when Zane’s ears suddenly twitched. He turned sharply toward one direction.
“Who’s there?”
A faint sound came from the reeds. The dry plants shifted apart, and an injured male beastfolk stepped out.
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He carried a fox in his arms.
The fox shook all over. When she saw Claire, her eyes brightened. She jumped from the male’s arms into
the snow.
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