TORN BETWEEN MATES
My heart beats quicker with every stride.
The ground starts to vibrate.
Suddenly, a deep growl echoes down the tube.
Lena draws her dagger. “We’ve got company.”
From the darkness ahead, brilliant red eyes appear one pair, then another, then more. Creatures with twisted bodies, half-wolf, half-shadow. They snarl and step forward.
Ezra raises his workforce. “These are the Crimson Guardians. Corrupted protectors. Stay close to me.”
They attack.
I hardly have time to react as one of them leaps at me. I swerve to the side and swing, claws out, slashing across its shoulder. It howls and stumbles back.
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