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.

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

must have twisted it.

Silver. I’ll climb a tree or something. I’ll be

refused to move from my side. Instead, it leaned its head back and

help? I wasn’t

dug both feet into the dirt. It was going

lowered her ears.

angry,

forward like a bat

but my ankle shot blinding hot pain through my leg. I

continuing right

Silver darted forward.

and

immediately followed the first. Alm true, it felled the creature. The boar

Her head turned toward the way the arrows had

see anything yet. I heard them though, two figures rushing

him. Their wolf companions

see all of them and know I

before. He dropped to his knees beside me. Holding his hands over me but never quite

damage.

I said, grimacing. “It’s

had already begun