Deus Necros - Chapter 335: First Time?

... ke a wolf stalking unfamiliar prey. He was no longer playing at superiority, he had it, and he knew it, but something in Ludwig’s resolve kept him from lunging. It wasn’t fear. It wasn’t even caution. It was calculation. There was something in Ludwig that hadn’t been there in other prey. The beast could feel it, gnawing faintly at the edge of his certainty.

He moved now in a slow circle, each step deliberate, clawed feet brushing through damp roots and broken stone. Around them, the root ...