Marrying a Warhound (Cassian) novel Chapter 79

Chapter 79

ATASHA’S POV

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I thought he would lunge at me like a beast ready to rip me apart.

But he didn’t.

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Cassian’s eyes shifted past me, and in the same second, he kicked out of the saddle and hit the ground with a heavy thud. His hand moved, and a blade flashed. I didn’t even see where it came from. One moment his hand was empty, the next a sword glinted in the moonlight. Maybe it was left by the soldier who rode this horse earlier, but I hadn’t seen him take it.

Only then did I hear the growl behind me.

I spun halfway, but Cassian was already moving. The creature darting out of the shadows wasn’t like any wolf I had ever seen. Its body was long, low, and sleek, built for speed. Its spots reminded me of a leopard’s, but its legs were shorter, faster, its tail whipping for balance as it sprang. Its jaws opened wide, showing two fangs so long they barely fit in its mouth, dripping with a fluid that gave off a sharp, chemical stink. Poison.

Cassian met it mid–air. His sword carved across its shoulder, the impact loud enough to make the beast yelp and crash to the ground. It hit the snow, rolled, and launched again with frightening speed. Cassian didn’t back up. He caught it with his free hand by the scruff of its neck and wrenched it up like it weighed nothing.

The beast screeched and twisted, claws raking across his arm. He ignored it. His grip tightened until the sound turned to a choking hiss. Then he slammed it down into the snow, hard enough that the ground shook.

I staggered back, dagger clutched uselessly in my hand. How is he… so strong?

The animal kicked and writhed, but Cassian yanked it back up and flung it sideways, straight into a boulder. The crack of impact was sharp, bones snapping, but he didn’t stop. He hauled

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up again and smashed it into the ground, then swung it against the opposite rock. The body whipped back and forth like a rag, each strike spraying more blood across the snow.

It wasn’t red.

A dark, blue–black liquid burst from its mouth and wounds, splattering across the rocks, across him, across me. The smell was acrid, bitter, and it stung my nose. The beast’s insides were spilling, thick chunks tearing loose as he continued to thrash it against the earth. By the time its body finally hung limp, its shape was almost unrecognizable, just a torn sack of flesh leaking poison into the snow.

Cassian let the carcass drop at his feet. His chest rose as he looked down at the mess as if it

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were nothing more than trash in his way.

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The scene before me made me freeze. My throat locked, and my dagger hung useless at my side. I hadn’t even noticed my hands were shaking until I saw the blade trembling in my grip. The snow around us was soaked with streaks of that foul blood, steaming in the cold, the stench clinging to my tongue.

I had no words. Not one.

Then he turned towards me. Was he going to attack me now?

My chest tightened. A moment ago, I thought I could fight him. I thought I had at least a chance to put up resistance. But after seeing what he did to that beast, how easily he ripped it apart, I knew better. If he decided to wring my neck, it would be over in an instant. I might not even feel it.

He was standing right in front of me. His size swallowed the space, his broad shoulders blotting out everything else. His eyes still burned red, and that cruel smirk hadn’t left his face. And I… I couldn’t breathe.

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