Emberwood [m] Disaster falling on me after the sun comes up

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No word to warn her; no second to breathe. A flurry of shadow sent her heart into her throat, and in a moment the full brunt of the storm fell upon her. Marina bit back her cry of shock and loosed it as a snarl instead, a thin desperate sound — but one of defiance.

Twisting to snap at a foreleg, anything, Marina struggled in vain beneath his ribs against her spine, his teeth in her ruff, his breath on her skin. A shudder flickered through her, a reminder of nature's own beckoning and betrayal. Her own will was stronger than that, she'd thought, but now doubt surged in alongside the fear already choking her.