The creatures came through the cracks in the walls like water flooding a broken dam.Clara saw them in flashes: pale eyes, twisted limbs, joints bent at dizzying angles, and bodies moving wrong. Only their claws' scrape broke the silence as they flooded the tunnel from all sides.Ash sprang up, shifting mid-step. Fur erupted through skin, bones fractured and healed. Before it reached Clara, he pounced, teeth in its throat.Ronan shifted too, his transformation faster and more controlled.Clara had never seen Ronan move like a sword, slicing through the animals with such accuracy.But the creatures overwhelmed them in sheer numbers.Elara grasped Clara's arm and pulled her toward the passage she had pointed out earlier. "Move!" Elara ordered.With wobbly legs, Clara staggered forward. The seal's pain burned in her chest, but the pressure eased: nothing now blocked the animals. The seal was fully cracked.One of the beasts lunged at them as they arrived at the passage. The creature scre
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