The sky bled red as we slammed into Darius's supply convoy at dusk, but the howls erupting from the trees told me we'd just run straight into hell.
"Damien, left flank now. They're coming from everywhere." I shouted over the chaos, my collar burning as the triple bond surged with our shared power. Trees whipped past in the fading light while we hit the trucks hard.
Damien snarled beside me, claws flashing. "I see them. Ezra, take the right. Kai, stick with Avery. This feels off already."
Ezra dodged a crate flying off a truck. "Off? It's a goddamn setup. These aren't normal guards. Look at their eyes. Too uniform."
Kai pressed close to my side, breathing hard. "Avery, how's the bond holding? Your healing edge. Feel anything weird?"
"It's steady but spiking," I fired back, slashin
