⚔️ Chapter Twenty-One: The Brothers Unleashed
The air split with a bone-chilling howl as the first hunter lunged from the tunnel. Its body was a grotesque hybrid of man and beast, skin gray and stretched over jutting bones, claws dripping black venom. Its eyes glowed with Malrik’s mark—sickly crimson, burning with hunger.
Kael was the first to move. With a roar, fire burst from his fists, flaring hot enough to blind. He slammed both palms into the creature’s chest, and flames exploded outward, engulfing it in a blaze. The stench of burning flesh filled the cavern as the beast shrieked, but it didn’t fall—it thrashed, charging through the fire, still coming.
Theron’s hand lifted, and water surged from the Veilpool, crashing into the creature like a tidal wave. He twisted his wrist, and t
