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Cadderly was half the creature's size, and now it was Ghost who seemed confused. The young priest heaved against the foot, hurling Ghost backward to land crashing into the muck. By the time the creature regained its stance, Cadderly was the larger.
Ghost came on anyway, snarling, wrapping his hated enemy in a tight hug.
Danica and Shayleigh moved away from the titans, not understanding, not able to help.
Cadderly's massive arms flexed and twisted. Ghost's did, too, and for a long whiie, neither titan seemed to gain any advantage.
Ghost bit down hard on Cadderly's neck, whipping his head about in a frenzy. It was he, not Cadderly, who then cried out in pain, though, for he was biting not vulnerable skin, but steel armor!
The wild monster lifted his arm; his fingers grew into spikes, and he smashed down at Cadderty's shoulder.
The young priest yelped in agony. Cadderly's arm became a spear, and he plunged it through Ghost's belly.
Ghost's skin parted around it, opening a hole through which the arm/spear passed without making a cut The evil entity's skin then tightened around Cadderly's appendage, holding him last
Ghost's mouth opened impossibly wide, seeming the maw of a snake, complete with venom-tipped fangs.
"Cadderly," Danica breathed, thinking her love doomed, thinking that she and Shayleigh would also fall victim to this horrid apparition. She had no words to describe what ensued, could hardly remember to breathe.
Cadderly did not flinch. His head thickened, his face flattened, like the face of a hammer, and he butted straight out This time his attack apparently caught Ghost by surprise, for the assassin's snake jaws broke apart, blood washing away the venom.
Ghost's eyes widened in shock and agony as Cadderly's impaled arm shifted shape again, angled spikes tearing out the sides of Ghosf s torso.
Cadderly understood that the game was one of mental quickness, matching defense to attack, keeping perspective