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The swirling sword created a low hum. Faint images danced through Alexandru’s head with each twirl. This time, they came without the pain. He didn’t try to analyze them, there was no time, he just let them flow through him. His body not only knew how to handle a sword – but what to do.
Adrenaline was surging through him and he could feel power rising within himself. Time slowed down until every detail became crystal clear to him. He saw the male’s claws raking across the rock, its large mouth snapping, and the sweep of its tail as it positioned itself between him and the female.
The female’s head tilted. He deduced from the way the female was moving her head back and forth that she used a combination of sonar and infrared heat detection to pinpoint his location. Two more females, smal
