Gleb pretended to stumble, provoking a fighter of the Northern clan to a decisive attack. The wolf bought himself and made a reckless high jump, aiming at the throat. The man, instead of the traditional departure to the side, rushed towards him, and only at the last moment abruptly sat down, letting the animal carcass pass over him, and, folding his hands with a candle, hit him in the stomach, aiming at the liver.

Shoulders in the region of the collarbones burned with hellish pain - the front paws of the wolf tore the flesh to the bone. Gleb expected this, so he drove all the sensations deeper, leaving his...