KAIA'S POV The shadows grew taller, darker, and more solid, right before our very eyes. They weren’t just mist anymore. They looked almost like people. Three VERY ugly people if I may add. Their bodies twisted and shifted as if they couldn’t decide what shape to keep. I swallowed heavily as I watched. You have got to be kidding me. Nowhere in my life plan was there such a thing as fighting shadow figures. Never in my life did I picture myself in this kind of situation, even as a highly trained warrior. We were trained to fight normal, living, breathing things, not a damn demon that crawled out from goddess knows where. They kept screeching and making weird noises. Their voices were deep and broken, echoing all around the arena like cold wind. A shiver ran down my back, and my heart bea

