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Chapter 39

Author: Kim J
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-10-07 16:53:42

Chapter Thirty -Nine: What Approached From the North

The northern perimeter camera feed showed something Aurora had never seen before, a formation moving through the forest with unnatural speed and coordination, dozens of figures cloaked in dark material that obscured their exact nature even at close visual range.

"Those aren't wolves," Luca said, studying the feed with growing alarm. "The movement pattern's all wrong. Too uniform, too mechanical almost."

"Could they be more of Corvin's
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