*Lucas*
And then she was gone.
I clawed my way through Lycaon church members, who had begun to fight again, ripping out throats and crunching bones between my jaws. It was a shame, really, fighting those who weren’t really fighters. But they weren’t laying down arms, either.
The vortex created by the broken staff had disappeared, along with my Sasha.
A Lycaon leaped onto my back and got a mouthful of my shoulder and I howled, though whether it was from the pain of the wound or the agony of losing Sasha, I wasn’t sure. I threw the Lycaon off into the waiting claws of a Royal Guard warrior and continued to mow my way forward.
Then there was a bright light, and the Lycaons around me screamed and abruptly shifted back to human form, clutching their heads.
I turned my head and saw that the other Sasha was up on her feet, hand outstretched. Clearly, she’d cast some sort of magic.
This was my opportunity. I could go see what the hell had happened with the staff and–