Black Out

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CHAPTER 240

~Zara's POV~

Astrid bared her teeth, standing firm as he charged. Their collision was thunderous, the force nearly knocking her off her paws. The rogue's claws slashed across her side, reopening the earlier wound, but she refused to falter.

"You're mine," Astrid snarled, surging forward. Her teeth clamped down on the rogue's shoulder, and with a ferocious jerk, she sent him tumbling to the ground. Before he could rise, we were on him again, pinning him with sheer force.

The rogue thrashed wildly, but Astrid held him firmly. Finally, with a decisive move, she drove her claws into his exposed neck, ending the fight.

Silence fell, broken only by the ragged sound of my breathing. Blood dripped from my fur, and exhaustion weighed heavily on my limbs, but the rogues were down. They weren't getting up again.