Page 14 of Not Your Ordinary Shifter

Solaris stood beside me, his rack held high, his breaths rising into the air as his keen eyes took in the battle coming swiftly to an end in our favor. He let out a mighty trumpet, his deep tone echoing off the trees, signaling our second wave to move in.

From the time we arrived to the moment of our victory, the siege lasted less time than it took for me to get dressed in the morning. It was shocking to me how weak my old herd had become, or maybe always was.

Solaris looked at me and stepped closer so that his warm body was pressed against my side.

Are you ready to end this where it all started?

He tilted his head, his ears twitching as he waited for me to respond.

I was ready the day that he sold me off for his debt. But it was only in meeting you that I realized it. Although he is my blood, it is your side that I will stand by.

As I will stand by you.

We stepped off the high rise that we’d used as our perch to watch the fight unfold, and our strides were as in time as the hearts beating in our chests. Sol was mine, as I was his, and together, we were Vicious Winds.

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