Deprived: Queen of the Outcasts
The large Beta collapsed, twitching, his wolf form dissolving back into a whimpering human.
"Anyone else wish to 'demand' my return?" I asked, my voice echoing, colder than the winter wind.
The remaining nine warriors faltered, their eyes wide with terror as they stared at Thane, then at the unnervingly vibrant Ravine behind me. They saw the glow of Kaelen's fungi, felt the strange, life-filled power that pulsed from the rocks.
Suddenly, the ground beneath them began to heave. Thorny briars, thicker than any they had ever seen, erupted from the earth, coiling around their ankles. From the deepest shadows, Jace’s laugh, a soft, chilling sound, seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere.
Sikat na Kabanata