Death Wolf
His wail split the night, raw, animalistic, a sound that curdled the blood of all who heard it.
Hades collapsed to his knees, frozen in silent agony, his eyes locked on his sister’s lifeless body. But then—a hand gripped his shoulder.
He turned to see Rose, her face pale, pointing at the sky.
Darkness swelled.
The once-clear night thickened with rolling clouds, shadows coiling, swallowing the stars. The air turned frigid, suffocating.
“What… what’s happening?”
Rose’s voice barely reached above a whisper. A dread older than time crawled through the air, slithering under their skin.