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.

nosed at my side and helped me up onto my feet.

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

I’ll climb a tree or

wolf absolutely refused to move from my

help? I wasn’t

boar faced us again. It huffed and dug both

her howling done, Silver lowered her ears. A

boar, monstrous and angry,

shot forward like a

tried to move, but my ankle shot blinding hot pain through my leg. I stumbled. The boar

right for

Silver darted forward.

tree line and plunged into

Alm true, it felled the

head turned toward the way the arrows had come from. I followed her gaze,

I heard them though, two figures

Julian was close behind him. Their wolf

them and know

dropped to his knees beside me.

damage.

I said, grimacing. “It’s

looked down. It had already begun to