It hurts like hell to do it this fast, near-instant. Pins and needles all over his skin, rippling inky-black fur brindled with brown. The crunch of bones all at once sounds like a wet gunshot.
Jude's shields are up even before he shifts, locking the pack out of it so he won't cause a mass panic in their rush to defend him. Adrianna will feel it, certainly, and a handful of the very strongest, but they know better than to come.
They're near-evenly matched in size; Jude's large even for a shifter, but light on his feet. He's got a lifetime of fighting behind him, but never the type of battle Marcus has, never the type of experience Marcus has. He might be able to hold him off for a time, but he could never beat him.
Still, Jude wouldn't be Jude if he didn't try to spare him something more painful.
Marcus rips his shoulder open in a hot spurt of blood, nearly tears off the sleeve of his sweater with it as Jude dodges to one side. Jude digs his claws hard into the earth as he pivots and goes for his flank.
Even if this is the "gentle" way, he doesn't hold back. He has to hurt him enough to make him stop.
cw: body horror/injury
It hurts like hell to do it this fast, near-instant. Pins and needles all over his skin, rippling inky-black fur brindled with brown. The crunch of bones all at once sounds like a wet gunshot.
Jude's shields are up even before he shifts, locking the pack out of it so he won't cause a mass panic in their rush to defend him. Adrianna will feel it, certainly, and a handful of the very strongest, but they know better than to come.
They're near-evenly matched in size; Jude's large even for a shifter, but light on his feet. He's got a lifetime of fighting behind him, but never the type of battle Marcus has, never the type of experience Marcus has. He might be able to hold him off for a time, but he could never beat him.
Still, Jude wouldn't be Jude if he didn't try to spare him something more painful.
Marcus rips his shoulder open in a hot spurt of blood, nearly tears off the sleeve of his sweater with it as Jude dodges to one side. Jude digs his claws hard into the earth as he pivots and goes for his flank.
Even if this is the "gentle" way, he doesn't hold back. He has to hurt him enough to make him stop.