The training started before the sun fully rose.
Reign pushed her wolves harder than she'd ever pushed them. No breaks. No mercy. Because mercy would get them killed when the ancient thing broke through.
"Again!" she shouted as the first formation collapsed. Twenty wolves attempting a synchronized ice strike. Half of them released too early. The other half too late. The result was scattered frost that wouldn't stop anything.
They reset. Tried again. Failed again.
"You're thinking like individuals," Reign said, walking through their ranks. "Stop. You're a pack. One mind. One strike. When I call frost, you all release at the exact same moment. Not when you feel like it. When I say."
She positioned herself at the front. Raised her hand. "Watch."
Frost gathered at her fingertips. Built sl
