"Luke!" I screamed, my voice tearing through the chaotic roar of steel and magic.
Before I could take a single step toward him, Eloise's voice cut through the c*****e, sharp and desperate: "Rachel, look out!"
I whipped my head around just as a burly, axe-wielding rogue lunged at me from my blind spot, his heavy iron blade swinging in a lethal horizontal arc. I threw myself backward, twisting on my heel to dodge, but the jagged edge sliced through my leather armor and dragged deep across my upper arm. A sharp, burning sting flared down my skin as red hot blood welled up, dripping down onto the cold stone.
I gritted my teeth against the pain, but there was no time to bleed.
A loud, thunderous howl echoed from the top of the ridge, and my heart soared. Athena had arrived. A mass of massiv
