OLD AND OBLITERATION
Kiera's POV
Struggling with the aura of the Primordial, I pushed to my feet. It sat on me like a solid force, attempting to force me back down onto my knees. All of my instincts told me to bow down, drop all pretense and kneel before this ancient terror. But I was a mother defending her kids. Instinct could go to hell.
"What is that thing?" Rylan wheezed next to me, trying to get up.
A low guttural rasp was Elder Thorne’s tone. "A Primordial. Since before the first Alpha commanded the packs. Back when wolves were monsters, unmitigated by the humanity of Others.”
It stomped across the battlefield and with each step, the ground quaked. It was massive beyond reason. Standing at the shoulder, she would have been 20 feet tall. Its fur was black and seemed to suck in li
