Falcon was too fast.

And as much as Kain tried to keep up, he found himself running out of breath each time he fought Falcon longer than the others.

They were taking turns fighting him, and even though there were about five of them, plus some of the Alphas they had planned this with earlier, they still couldn't get Falcon to bleed.

He was something else, something they could not understand, and for the first time in Kain's life, he doubted himself.

They needed an opening—one big enough to give Lucy the upper hand, enough to help her take this monster's life.

His father's life.

There was no opening, and...