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She twisted her feet toward it. Placed the
center of the chains binding her ankles atop
the red-hot tip.
Slowly, the links in the center heated.
Wolf and Fae clashed in a tangle of claws
and fists and teeth, then leaped apart.
Severing the blood oath—it would kill him.
These were his last breaths, his last
heartbeats.
“I’ll peel the fur from your bones,” Cairn
panted.
Fenrys breathed heavily, blood leaking
from between his teeth as he placed one paw
over the other, circling. His stare did not
break from Cairn’s as they moved, assessing
each other for the killing blow.
The links in the center of the chain began
glowing.
Overhead, the sky lightened to gray.
Fenrys and Cairn circled again, step after