Blow Me Away

During his training, he had been hit with many different weapons and fists. Some hurt more than others. Some could hardly be felt.

Fighting on earth against the kainde amedha was nothing quite like what he had expected. He didn't expect his brethren to be slaughtered so easily. He didn't expect that larva to jump out at him and catch him so off guard, infecting him with a sickness he would refuse to acknowledge. He didn't expect to fight along side something as frail as a human female.

But what he truly never expected was to be the one laying in the snow with a whole in his chest and her kneeling over him, victorious over the Queen.

It was hard to see, but he could make out the distinct downward curve of her lips.

He purred quietly to her and wondered why the intensity of her stare affected him more so than any battle wound ever had.