The shadow beast’s maw opened wide, revealing rows of jagged like teeth slick with foam. The creature dove forward, its massive weight driving a killing strike aimed straight at the cornered royal family.Silas, pinned flat against the stone wall with broken ribs and bleeding hands, didn't flinch. He didn't look at the monster's descending jaws. Instead, he snapped his gaze down toward his children.Ten year old Alec was shielding little Rin with his small body, his storm gray eyes wide with horrifying realization. Five year old Rin buried her face into her brother’s chest, her tiny hands trembling violently. Their backs were pressed tight against the cold cliffside, with nowhere left to run, nowhere to hide, and no shield left between them and annihilation.Not them, a voice roared from the deepest, most primal corner of Silas’s soul. Never them.A strange, absolute stillness washed over Silas's mind. The screaming wind, the blaring sirens of the research station, and the thunderous
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