The physical wounds the chocolate-coated man had inflicted on her had long faded, but the other wounds he had put on her ran far deeper than any of her scars. They were still bleeding, and they always would—Kaena knew this from experience. Not even his death would allow those wounds to scab over and begin the healing process; she knew this from Kairo, her half-brother. He had been dead and buried a goddamn decade now, or close to it, and she still ached thanks to him.
The taste of blood in her mouth was a reward, a gratifying one indeed, but the silver-shaded coyote did not take even a millisecond to savor it; there was simply no time. As soon as her teeth had found a hold in his flesh, he bucked her off, shoving her backwards with his immense weight. Even half-shifted as she was, Kaena was far outweighed and outmatched. As she was thrown backwards, she twisted her body, landing on her feet and skidding for a foot or two before coming to a stop, keeping her teeth faced toward him always. There was no room for error, and showing her back to him would be one she would not live to regret.
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