Aeryn watched as Lateus sucked on the bloody bandage, unable to keep an expression of disgust from her face. Part of her wanted to kill the demon while he was distracted, but it was obvious that the monster had some sort of powers and she was no battlemage. It seemed that she would have to let the ...

Aeryn kept hold of the rag when Lateus tugged on it, but didn't pull it away. "I'll give it to you, but you have to do something for me, so we're square," she said. "When you disappeared, Asiona collapsed, so I'm guessing your powers are tied to hers, right? If I give you this bandage, you have to ...

Aeryn allowed her gaze to roll sluggishly down to the purse the man dropped beside her, then looked back up at him. Nodding clumsily, she forced a woozy smile onto her face at the man’s joke, as though she had found it amusing in her unsteady state, when in reality she wanted to roll her eyes and ...

Aeryn raised an eyebrow as Lateus disappeared and Asiona collapsed, seemingly simultaneously, but before she could contemplate the occurrence people began to enter the shed. Allowing her jaw to hang open slightly, the guard glanced around slowly as though moving her head was painful and blinked ...

Aeryn rolled her eyes at Asiona’s feeble excuse, but before she could make another cutting remark Lateus returned with clothing. When the younger woman hurled an insult at her then ran off, she made a rude hand gesture at the girl’s retreating back, then looked at the clothing that had been thrown ...

Aeryn rolled her eyes in response to Asiona’s short speech, but Lateus returned before she could reply. After giving the demon a dirty look when she caught him staring at her, she glanced over at what he had brought, and immediately recognized the same problem as the younger woman. However, she kept ...

Aeryn gave a quiet sigh of relief when the strange man left, but she did not let her hands fall. True, the shed’s other occupant was a woman, but that didn’t mean that she wanted her to see anything. However, she stiffened again when she heard the word werewolf.

“If you tell anyone, I will fucking ...

When the strange man moved closer, Aeryn leaned away from him, unsure of how to react. Her training had hardly prepared her for a situation like this. Thing, she did the most feminine thing she had done in years. Pulling a hand back, she aimed a slap at his face. Hard.

"Get the fuck away from me ...

As the moon set and the first rays of sun appeared over the horizon, the werewolf began to twitch. She was obviously still unconscious, but under her coat of fur her muscles jerked and shuddered in an unnatural way. The convulsions grew stronger and closer together as the sun continued to rise, then ...

The werewolf snarled as she felt an impact to her side, but the guttural noise was quickly cut off. As she hit the ground, her head slammed against the wall of the narrow alley, and her golden eyes rolled back into her head as she passed out. The impact broke the skin on the back of her head, and ...

The werewolf glimpsed the flash of the swinging blade out of the corner of her eye and jerked away at the last moment. However, the point of the sword caught a glancing blow to her chest, leaving a bloody slash across her torso. Retreating a few paces, she looked at [Lateus] with wary eyes once ...

The werewolf growled deep in her throat when a sword seemed to simply appear in [Lateus's] hands. Even a beast like her knew that he would have had to move to pick up the weapon, but it was too fast for her to see it. That made the creature before her dangerous.

However, as she considered the ...

The werewolf felt her teeth clamp around bone, but there was no reaction. Although the primitive state her mind had been reduced to could not grasp concepts such as necromancy or other magics, she knew that what was going on was not normal. Usually, when she sank her fangs into something that moved ...

The werewolf's blunted muzzle swung about as she sniffed the air, taking in her situation. Her gold eyes settled on [Lateus] for a moment as her primitive mind considered attacking. Although he looked human, and humans were no threat to her, she vaguely remember him causing her pain. She didn't like ...

It had been a long time since Aeryn had been completely helpless. However, as she heard her sword clatter against the ground and felt her arm and chest muscles strain, she knew that was what she was. Helpless. She could feel hot breath against her throat and braced herself for the searing pain of ...