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Her sas on the ground, and she tried to fight, her screams carried in the opposite direction on the wind

Now I knew exactly why they were here

I couldn’t swingher neck, so I yanked the first one off her then went for the other

They both came at me at once, but Ivory was free

I engaged the first, ducking under his sword and then dodging to the left My ax swung at his feet, but the fucker jue Teeth sent to die for the greater good He had a reater foe My ax was exchanged forat each other, steel hitting steel without the echo of collision, and we guessed the position of the other’s blade based on their movements—because we couldn’t see shit

A Teeth went down beside me, the blood visible from the sword in his stomach

I knew she had my back

I pushed the Teeth back, swinging ht

And then a blade protruded from his stomach from behind Blood lazed over and he went down face first

Ivory appeared behind hi my sword, now covered in the blood of the Teeth

I screamed and not just because of the wind “I told you to stay in the cabin!”

“Are you kiddingfroht, all over the place “I just saved your ass”

“Baby, I don’t need you to save me”

“That’s the second time you’ve called me that—and this time, it’s in the middle of battle”

The Teeth were still rampant in the outpost, so this conversation would have to wait “Stay behind me”

“How else am I supposed to watch your back?”

I halted, just for ainof battle, keeping Ivory onTeeth left and right, clearing out the re enemies until they were eliminated from the outpost

Thirty minutes later, it was finally done, and Ivory was still behind me

The battlesnow and ice into our faces

Ivory ca just like one of us in fur clothing and my sword “Is it over?”