The three elemental forces collided mid-air.
Fire met ice met shadow in an explosion that shook the fortress to its foundations. The impact threw everyone back—wolves scrambling for cover, debris raining down like hail. Reign hit the ground hard, tasted blood, forced herself up anyway.
The void spawn writhed in the center of the blast. Trapped inside a cage made of contradicting elements. Fire tried to burn it. Ice tried to freeze it. Shadow tried to bind it. The thing shrieked—a sound that didn't belong in any natural world—and thrashed against its prison.
"It's holding," the Shadow Alpha said. He looked as surprised as anyone.
The Fire Prince wiped blood from his mouth. "For now. How long?"
"No idea." Reign felt the strain through her bond with the direwolf. The beast was pouring po
