Deep Inside
The door creaked open and she dropped into the dark cellar, lit only by the cracks in the floor above.
Then...silence. At first. Then chaos.
A crash. A growl.
The sound of bone snapping and claws scraping wood. She heard Zydian roar, a sound that didn’t belong in any human throat and another voice screaming, cut short. Mira pressed a hand to her mouth, trembling as dust rained from the beams above her.
She couldn’t stay hidden.
He was fighting for her.
Mira grabbed the old fire poker from the wall, shoved open the basement hatch, and climbed up just in time to see a rogue wolf, massive, silver-eyed barrel toward Zydian’s unguarded back.