Chapter 40: "My guide and head, what thou hast said is just and right."

Call it pure gut instinct.

Animal?

Human?

Survival?

It doesn’t matter.

He’s still alive because he woke up in time.

Rhys is generally a light sleeper, and tonight that came in handy: just as he opens his eyes, a flash of teeth in the darkness sends him flipping out of bed, grabbing the machete Laube had made him as he goes. ...