Now good — the red wolves are down. I just have to close the distance between us. I'm sure she won't have enough mana to summon more; taming monsters like red wolves eats through you fast. Once I take her out, this is over. I can win this. I can end this. Let me close the gap, Doro thought as he lunged forward.
But Cora twisted, stepped left and up, murmured an incantation, and the beasts trembled. Dark energy seared along their fur; one that had been blind blinked, its cloudy eye clearing as if nothing had happened. The broken rib that had caved in mended itself; the wolf with the torn lip shook its head and rose, whole. Doro froze. How could that be? All their wounds knit back together, and energy flowed through them like a current.
"You thought that was the last of me?" Cora said, voice cold and steady.
