Trey immediately shifted back to his wolf form and jumped back again.
'Scarlett!' he shouted in the mental link. The wraith that came up from below them had almost created a sandy wall between them. In instinct, Scarlett, too, changed into her lioness form. But when she was about to jump back, the chains held her on the spot.
Oh, s**t. She cursed inwardly.
She looked up, and the wraith was looking down at her. It was a giant, worm-like creature with scales all over its body and a gooey-kind-of texture on its skin. There were ringlets circling his body like giant loops. And in those ringlets, there were huge thorns all over its body. What was worse was the top part where its mouth was set. There were five thorny bones emerging from the mouth, they were teeth as well as suckers. Bards sa
