The Luna Choosing Game

Crack.

The bottom of the bow snapped from the pressure. What kind of weakly made –?

The boar jerked its head toward me, alerted now of my presence.

I was behind the tree but Silver was mostly exposed.

The boar kicked out the ground. It was going to charge!

“Silver, run!” I rushed from my cover to push the wolf into action. I wouldn’t see her get hurt, not if there

was something I could do about it.

The boar rushed forward, tusks first. With a horrible squealing noise, it tore through the underbrush,

twigs and leaves snapping underfoot.

Silver darted to the side, but I was too slow. The boar was coming right for me.

The boar was fast, but Silver was faster. She lunged at the boar, colliding with its side. It veered off

course, missing me by a few mere inches as I rolled out of the way.

at my side and helped me up onto my feet. As I

I winced. I must have twisted it. I wouldn’t be

climb a tree or something.

stubborn wolf absolutely refused to move from my side.

help? I wasn’t

faced us again. It huffed and dug both feet into the dirt. It was going

her ears. A growl erupted from her

boar, monstrous and angry, didn’t seem

shot forward like a

shot blinding hot pain through my leg. I

continuing right for

Silver darted forward.

line and plunged into the side of

true, it felled the creature. The

the arrows had come from. I followed her gaze,

them though,

was close behind him. Their wolf companions bounded forward, stopping to meet Silver. They pressed their

so relieved, to see all of them and know

to his knees beside me. Holding his hands over me but never quite touching, he seemed to be searching

damage.

I said, grimacing. “It’s just

had already begun to swell, pressing out against my leather