Sotani turned to him then, confusion creasing the brows above her black, black eyes.
"You don't want me to-"
And then shriek split the ear, tearing at Zefiyron's eardrums and sending his pulse racing. He stepped into place, putting himself in front of Sotani, and raised his bow.
"Here they come," he said quietly, place grim.
And come they did, bursting out of the trees in dozens, wings and legs and scaley bits rushing towards them, glowing eyes staring them down from every direction. There were close to a hundred, and all in different sizes and shapes and colors. A particularly ugly, gargoyle-looking swarm leered at Zefiyron, only to drop dead a few seconds later with an arrow in its glowing green eye.
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