COME.
Sera entered the circle. “Reaper. I’m here.”
Silence.
“The Architect sent you to kill me. Come fight.”
Nothing moved.
Marcus tensed at the circle’s edge. Five shamans waited. Two hundred wolves watched from the trees.
Thomas collapsed. His eyes went black. He stood smiling.
“Hello, Alpha Blackwood.” The voice was layered, wrong. “I’ve watched you for six weeks. Why would I fight you in your trap?”
“You’re already trapped,” Sage said. “The outer wards activated when you manifested. You can’t leave this clearing.”
Thomas’s face showed shock. Then rage. The body dropped.
A healer screamed and attacked Marcus with a knife. He disarmed her. Her eyes were black.
“I can jump faster than you can contain,” Reaper said through her.
She collapsed.
An elderly wolf lunged at Luna. Ca
