Chapter thirty two
The clearing was a graveyard of silence, the air thick with the invisible weight of clashing auras. Neither side moved, but the atmosphere vibrated with the tension of a bowstring drawn to the snapping point. Phillip's eyes darted between the three hulking elemental wolves and the girl standing before him. If I can take the girl, he reasoned, his fingers tightening on the leather-wrapped hilt of his blade, the beasts will lose their formation.
He didn't signal his intent. He simply vanished into a blur of motion.
