I fixed him with unflinching determination. "Our legacy is created in the togetherness of our pack, in the sacrifice and in the suffering of our losses. We welcome our history and let it drive our future; we do not run from it.
Our battle was quick and merciless. Every parry, every force of our swords reflected the many conflicts that had before. I could sense my forefathers' might surging through me, the Crescent Mark giving every action a furious will. Though so was I, the hostile wolf was unrelenting. Disarmed him at a last, forceful second, sending his weapon clattering to the ground. As I drove him to the ground with my sword pushed to his neck, his eyes became wide in amazement and defiance.
"Yield," I said, voice quiet but firm.
