Seth’s breathing came in ragged bursts as he stood amidst the mountain of wolf corpses, the stink of blood and burnt fur choking the frozen air.
His body trembled violently inside the blazing giant he had summoned, and though his victory was absolute, his strength had been scraped clean.
The fiery giant’s form crumbled around him, collapsing into embers that vanished against the howling frost winds. Seth staggered forward a single step before his knees buckled. His hand clawed at the air, as though to grasp onto something, anything that would anchor him.
Nothing came.
His vision dimmed, narrowed into a tunnel of swirling black.
So tired…
And then the darkness swallowed him whole.
When Seth opened his eyes, the world was wrong. Too bright. Too sterile. Too clean.
Instead of the fro
