Fight Back the Nightmare

Romulus didn't have to wait long for Lillith to get the gist of his plan, and while he kept the tiger confused and distracted, she quietly snuck around behind it and got into a good position. On the next turn, when he had the feline's back to her, he watched with a proud grin as Lillith sprung up onto its back, fangs gleaming in the moonlight while she went for the back of its neck. The tiger roared in surprise and pain, flailing its massive limbs to try and catch the wolf on its back, but in doing so it left itself vulnerable and open. Roman waited, muscles tensed to spring, until he saw the tiger throw its head back as Lil bit into its neck, and then he shot forward like a rocket, sprinting into a running leap with jaws open wide aimed for its exposed throat.

His attack was lethally successful, and Roman tasted blood while he felt flesh give way to razor sharp fangs. The tiger gave a strangled yowl of terror, but it never made another sound. Not willing to wait for the big cat to die of blood loss, Roman grabbed the tiger's head with two large paws, and using the leverage of his jaws in its throat and Lillith's jaws around the back of its neck, twisted as hard as he could. There was a sickening snap of bones crunching and popping out of place, and then the tiger collapsed lifeless to the ground, its last rattling breath leaving its body in its death throes. Roman released the tiger and spat its blood out of his mouth. He'd already gotten over the glow illness once, he didn't need a second bout of it if the disease was blood borne.

Taking a moment to admire their handiwork, Romulus gave a jubilant cheer. "Woo! Hell yeah!" he said between heavy breaths, grinning from ear to ear while he looked to Lillith to make sure she was all right. "You good, Lil? It didn't get you, did it?" He hadn't heard her yelp during the fight, but he had to make sure. She was his girlfriend, the most precious thing in his world.

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