Chapter 52: Just like your father... gutless
Yuki, whirling, sliced a Beta’s throat, his corrosive blood smoking. "Focus, Kaiser!" he growled, dodging an attack. He leaped onto a branch, throwing a blade that embedded in a wolf’s eye. "Four left!"
Hugo, facing Jay, felt his strength waning. The Löwen was too strong, too fast. A claw sliced his shoulder, making him howl. "You’re nothing," Jay roared, advancing. "Just like your father... gutless." Hugo, enraged, retaliated, his fist slamming into Jay’s jaw. The Löwen stumbled back but chuckled, his wounds already healing.
Katrina, reloading, shouted at Hugo: "Own it!" Hugo growled, wiping blood from his lip. "You knew about me?" he snapped, dodging Jay’s strike.
Kathy, firing an arrow, replied: "Since the start. You were clean. You? Not so much." She took down a Beta, leaving three. "We hunt scum like Jay."
Kaiser, shocked, helped Yuki fend off a Beta. "Clean? I don’t get it. What does that mean? Were you spying on us?" he growled, plunging his dagger into its flank.
Katrina snickered, leaping to the ground. "You’re cute when you’re paranoid." She fired, an arrow grazing a Beta’s head, making it howl.
Hugo, gasping, stared at Katrina. "And me? What am I to you? Are you gonna kill me?" His voice trembled, torn between anger and doubt. Kathy dodged the question, firing another arrow. "Move. We’ll talk later."
The fight intensified. Ben, lightning-fast, sliced a Beta, killing it. Yuki, bleeding heavily, cut another, his corrosive blood making the wolf howl. Two Betas left. Kaiser, doped up, shoved a wolf away but took a blow to the ribs, collapsing again. "I’m gonna die," he muttered, laughing despite the pain.
Jay, dominating Hugo, grabbed Ben by the throat, lifting him like a puppet. "You’re finished, vampire," he roared, his claws sinking into Ben’s shoulder. Ben growled, his glowing red eyes flaring, but he was spent.