Her attention was drawn back to the soldiers that rushed up the bridge. Silver was pushing them back with hurricane-force winds while Steel and several other cougars filled the sky with their arrows to help the retreating vampire warriors. She desperately fired flames at the advancing soldiers, but the thick black smoke was too dense for her to see where they were coming from. Steel took hold of her arm, trying to pull her back from the assault when a tumultuous roar echoed from across the river. She pulled from his grip and ran towards the bridge just in time to see Arzhan leap through the flames and smoke, his ponderous weight causing the bridge to shudder. On his back, Hellion swung his ax from side to side, cutting and slashing any soldier unfortunate enough to be in his way. Behind him, Gladiator and Haze cut down any others who were lucky enough to have escaped him.

     Fire signaled Silver to clear the smoke away and as soon as the town could be seen, she gave the order for the wolves of Bloodmoon to fire. Their arrows flew into the town, sending the Myrran troops scurrying for cover while the returning warriors sped to safety.

 

                                                                                                                                   ~ An excerpt from The Stormrider