Isabella uncorked the vial beside the damaged Ward. Silver light moved through Seraphina's blood as my sister spread it over her palm.
She pressed that palm to the c***k.
The Ward screamed inside my skull.
Purple light burst across the courtyard and knocked warriors off their feet. The century-old shield broke into bright fragments. They went dark before touching the ground.
Every ward lamp on the wall died with it. Wind rushed through the gap, carrying ash and the smell of the shadowlands into the pack house.
People who had spent their entire lives behind the barrier saw the open dark for the first time.
Shadow wolves poured through the open border.
The blast threw Isabella against the stone dais. Blood blackened on her hand and burned into her skin. Her scream rose above the pack'
