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so.
Manon took the slashings that left her arm
and side bleeding. But she yielded no further
ground. A wall against which the Yellowlegs
Matron could not advance. The crone let out a
snarl, attacking again and again, senseless and
raging.
Dorian saw the trap the moment it
happened.
Saw the side that Manon left open, the bait
laid on a silver platter.
Worked into a fury, the Yellowlegs Matron
didn’t think twice before she lunged, claws
out.
Manon was waiting.
Lost in her bloodlust, the Yellowlegs
Matron’s horrible face lit with triumph as she
went for the easy killing blow that would rip
out Manon’s heart.
The Blackbeak Matron barked in warning,