PERSEFONE POV
Scilla saw him immediately.
Aiden cut across the mud at an angle, fast enough to draw the heads but controlled enough not to get trapped between them. He slashed at one as he passed, venom sparking weak silver across its snout.
Weak.
But enough to hurt her apparently because the head screamed.
Another lunged though.
Aiden ducked under the strike and dragged his claws along the underside of its jaw before spinning away. Three heads turned toward him now.
Good.
Bad.
Terrible.
Perfect.
Fuck.
I didn’t know if I needed to be proud or terrified.
My heart tried to claw out of my chest.
‘Now,’ Aiden snapped.
Samael moved first.
He launched at the head Aiden had marked, and his fangs sank exactly where Aiden’s venom had sparked.
Deep.
Held.
Scilla screamed and trie
