The Shadow Alpha's three-day deadline came and went in blood.
The first attack hit at dawn. Not shadow beasts this time. Real wolves, fifty strong, crashing against the fortress walls with ladders and siege weapons. Reign's forces met them with ice and fire, throwing them back after two hours of brutal fighting.
Eight of her wolves died. Twelve wounded.
The second attack came at noon. Shadow beasts rising from the ground inside the fortress, bypassing the walls entirely. The direwolf led the defense while Reign froze anything that moved wrong. They killed the beasts, but not before losing five more fighters.
The third attack was the worst.
It came at dusk, when everyone was exhausted and running on fumes. This time the Shadow Alpha sent both wolves and beasts, hitting three sides of t
