Chapter 192 Peace Talks

• Xander
• Vedran lunges at my flank, and I whip out of the way before he can sink his teeth into my skin. He’s silent, as always, a pale ghost against the sand of the training area. I dart left, then right, aiming to scrape a blunted claw over his underbelly. My pulse pounds. Impulses fire into actions before I can finish the thought. For a single moment, everything in my body makes sense.
• I make contact with thin skin, and he yelps, tumbling away.