Alpha’s Claimed Mate.
Aiden stepped forward, unslinging the weapon.
It wasn’t a gun, though it had a trigger. It wasn’t a blade, though it gleamed like one when the last light hit it. A twisted staff of iron and bone, forged through pact-fire, lined with teeth that weren’t human or animal. The Hollowpact called it Naithur’s Spine. It hummed softly, like breath in a deep cavern.
“Don’t shoot to kill,” Lark reminded. “Let it touch them. Let it change them.”