Ivy POV
A scream caught somewhere at the back of my throat, lodged there, refusing to come out. My body had gone rigid, feet rooted to the ground like they belonged to someone else entirely. My fingers curled into fists, nails biting into my palms, but I couldn’t move frozen by terror and disbelief. Every instinct screamed at me to run, but my muscles felt locked, leaden, as if I’d been dropped into a nightmare I couldn’t wake from.
What the hell was it? Was it about to eat me?
Move, Ivy, Lux yelled, sharp enough to rattle through my skull.
"II—" My eyes only grew wider as the red eyes drew closer. Then a second pair blinked into view beside the first. A third. The darkness shifted, huge shapes emerging from it, hulking and monstrous. My breath hitched, chest seizing as I realized just
