Aurenya’s POV
The door didn’t open.
It gave up.
Wood exploded inward, splintering across the floor like something had punched straight through reality. Cold night air rushed into the cabin with it, sharp and alive.
Everything went still for half a heartbeat.
Then it wasn’t still anymore.
A shadow moved first.
Fast. Wrong.
Rhydan was in front of me instantly, his body already shifting halfway into something sharper than human. Kaelor angled himself toward the girls without thinking, blocking them with his arm.
Draven didn’t move.
He just watched the doorway like he already knew what was coming.
Then more shapes appeared.
One. Two. Then several.
Not fully wolves.
Not fully anything.
Twisted bodies dragged out of the dark, eyes too bright, movements jerky like they were being p
