Brothers Apart

May 9th excerpt:

Jacob winced, amazed that he hadn’t broken his ankles from the fall. But I wouldn’t at this size, he reminded himself. He was too light to do more than jar his ankles and his knees when the rat dropped him.

And then a huge boot bigger than his head slammed down in front of him. Jacob stared in awe, his eyes trailing upwards.

Sam.

Sam stood over him defensively, a knife in his hand over half Jacob’s length. As Sam lunged forward at the huge rat, Jacob realized from the glint off the blade that he could see.