Shadow beasts tore through the attack force like they were made of paper.
Reign barely got her ice shield up before claws raked where her throat had been. The creature was massive, formed from living darkness that shifted and reformed with each strike. Her frost slowed it but didn't stop it.
"Fall back!" she shouted.
Her wolves tried. The beasts were everywhere, rising from the ground itself. They moved through shadows like water, appearing behind fighters who thought they'd found clear ground.
The Fire Prince's flames were more effective. Where his fire touched, the creatures screamed and dissolved. But there were too many, and he was only one wolf.
A beast lunged at Reign from the left. The direwolf intercepted, jaws closing on shadow that solidified just long enough to tear. Black
