ALPHA'S REGRET, QUEEN'S REVENGE
Jaden, always on guard, was the most alert, his golden eyes scanning the room as if waiting for something to go wrong.
He wasn't wrong.
A shift in the mood—a strangling darkness creeping into the air. The stench of rot. The unmistakable presence of death.
Jaden sprang to his feet, his wine forgotten. "Something's coming."
No sooner had he said it than the shadows moved.
They erupted from the edges of the garden, twisting and writhing like living horrors, consuming the moonlight in an instant. They moved with supernatural speed, solidifying into grotesque shapes with empty eyes and clawed hands, their whispering voices promising death.