“Everyone, get behind me!” Kendra commanded as she tapped a gauntlet in her hand and it immediately transformed into a large golden shield. We all had our swords drawn and the Leonata pack poised for the attack. It was hard to believe they were only nine when they looked like a frigging horde. Without any warning, one of them suddenly jumped at Cole but he was fast and swatted the creature away before it could do any damage. “Any hint on how to fight these things?” he asked. “Don’t let them bite you,” Kendra replied. “Their venom’s more poisonous than a snake’s.” Suddenly, a big ball of fire whizzed past me and landed on a Leonata. But all it achieved was pissing off the darn thing more. “What in the world was that for?!” I shouted as I turned to find whoever wanted to turn me into a

