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.

rushed back to me. She nosed at my side and helped

I must have twisted it.

to go, Silver. I’ll climb a tree or something.

to move from my side. Instead, it leaned

help? I wasn’t

dug both feet into the dirt. It was going to

lowered her ears. A

and angry, didn’t

forward like a bat out

shot blinding hot pain through my leg.

right for

Silver darted forward.

tree line and plunged

followed the first. Alm true, it felled

Her head turned toward the way the arrows

them though, two figures rushing through the

the tree line. Julian was close behind him. Their wolf companions bounded forward, stopping to meet

see all of them and know I was safe, that I collapsed down into

pushed toward me even faster than before. He dropped to his knees beside me. Holding his hands over me but never quite touching, he

damage.

I said, grimacing. “It’s just

begun to swell, pressing out against my leather