Free The Blood Will Run by E.A. Abel Page B

He launched himself toward the panther again with his claws spread out wide and long. The panther opened his mouth wide and grabbed a hold of the wolfs’ paw.
    Then he bit down hard as he crushed the bones inside of his mouth. An awful howl shrieked from the wolfs’ throat.
    He struggled to pull out his paw but the more he struggled, the harder the panther chomped down. The panther then lifted its claw and shoved its razor sharp nails into his eye. It twisted its claw further and further until it ripped the socket out of his eye. The wolf howled out in horror.
    Within a matter of seconds, he brought his paw up and smashed the panther hard against its head. Then another blow from the wolf, this time he hit it in the side. Then there was another chain of hard blows, one right after the other, until the panther finally let go of his paw. The wolf limped back, licked his wounded paw and launched himself at the panther again, this time leaping into the air and landing on top of his back. He bit down hard into his neck and yanked as he ripped out a chunk of skin and fur. The wolf bit him again and tore out another chunk from his back.
    The panther whipped back and forth in every which direction it could trying to get him off.  That’s when the wolf slipped off his back and flew against a tree. The tree split and splintered onto the ground as it crashed into another tree.
    Chace sped out of the cabin and stood beside the injured panther. The wolf caught his bearings and headed at him again.
    The panther leaped up and landed on the other side of the wolf.
    The wolf whipped around and stared at the panther. Then he turned and stared at Chace and leaped on top of his chest. Chace fell to the ground, grabbed the wolf by the mouth, and began to stretch it open. The wolf managed to break free from his grip and bit Chace hard in the neck.
    The panther was on top of the wolf before Devin could get there. The wolf lifted his paw and dug his razor sharp nails into Devins’ side just as he arrived next to Chace. When he let go, Devin fell onto the ground. With a blazing determination the panther wrapped its paw around the wolfs’ stomach, lifted him into the air and together they fell back.
    As they scuffled around the woods, the trees exploded down around them. In an instant, Chace was back up on his feet and sped to help the panther. Devin followed.
    The panther and the wolf stopped in a clearing in the woods and circled one another again. Chace didn’t hesitate, he leaped up onto the wolfs’ back while Devin sped to the back of the wolf and gripped its tail. He pulled as hard as he could while Chace jammed his hands into his wounded eye and began to rip his eye socket apart. 
    Suddenly, the wolf began to jump about. Chace held on until his hands slipped away from the wolfs’ eye and he was thrown against a tree. Devin held onto its tail. The wolf swung around and crunched down on Devins’ hand. Devin let go of its tail and screamed out in pain. The wolf glanced around as the blood spilled out of his eye and in a flash, he disappeared into the woods.
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    Alivia was dizzy. She wiped off the wetness that was dripping down from her head to the tip of her nose. She glanced down. Thick, red blood covered her hand. Her head was throbbing.
    “I thought Alivia was the Shayvan,” Devin said as he walked back through the opening with Chace.
    Shayvan? What the hell is a Shayvan, she thought. The room around her began to spin out of control.
    “I thought she was the Shayvan as well,” The voice said.
    She was certain that the voice belonged to someone she knew. She tried to sit up, but fell back onto the bed.
    “Alivia what’s wrong?” Chace asked bending down over her.
    “I’m…I’m not…sure,” Alivia stammered before she slipped into the darkness.
    It couldn’t have been longer than a few minutes when Alivia came to. She felt much better. She raised her hand to where the throbbing pain once was and realized there was nothing