The Alpha's Plump Mistake
The raven‑cloaked figure we had seen at the temple stepped forward — floating inches above the floor, no face beneath the hood, only a swirling mass of sightless blue‑fire eyes and a bony beak dripping with venom.
The Raven’s Avatar — herald of the Forgotten Gods.
The twins struck at once — but the Avatar lifted one skeletal arm marked with inverted runes. A cage of living shadow snapped up around them, cutting off their cries and their light, sealing them inside a silence they could not break.
“LET THEM GO!” I screamed — reaching for more fire — but a cramp of terrible, wrenching pain doubled me over, dropping me to one knee.
The child within me convulsed. The sapphire lines across my belly