The first Mechanical Hunter burst from the trees like a nightmare made of steel and death.
Tamara had expected something like a robot from movies. This was way worse. It looked like a wolf, but off. Too many joints, legs that bent backwards and forwards , a head that could spin all the way around. Red lights for eyes. And it moved without sound, without breath, like nothing alive.
It went straight for her.
Kai slammed into it from the side, his wolf form all huge and black. His teeth hit metal and came back bloody – his own blood. The thing's skin was sharp all over, like it was made of knives.
“Don't bite them!” Marcus yelled, shifting back to human. “Use stuff around you!”
Easy for him to say. Hard with five more Hunters coming from the shadows.
They moved perfect. Too perfect. Whi
