SCARLETT The first shadow wolf lunged. Its body was a nightmare fangs glistening with black venom, fur rippling like smoke, claws longer than daggers. Kael met it mid-leap, his body shifting in a blaze of fire, his massive wolf form tearing into the beast with molten claws. The room shook as flesh and shadow exploded under his strike. But for every wolf he ripped apart, three more crawled from the darkness. Darius roared, lightning surging over his skin as his body snapped into his wolf form larger than Kael’s, sleek and deadly, eyes glowing like a storm breaking over the sea. He struck down two wolves with a single swipe, his claws searing their shadows into ash. And then Lucien smiling, calm, untouched simply raised a hand. The shadows thickened. His wolves grew larger. Meaner. T

