An Alpha's Dilemma
Ashton shouted, stepping in front of Ava as the beast lunged.
Ava summoned a pulse of raw magic from deep inside her, flames crackling blue-white in her palms. She hurled the blast at the creature, flames engulfing it with a scream that seemed to shake the very ground.
But the beast snarled through the fire, its wounds knitting together with unnatural speed.
"It's regenerating!" Kaelin shouted, drawing her dagger.
The fight was brutal and desperate. Ashton's blade clashed against the monster's spikes while Ava's flames burned fiercely. One by one, the trackers joined the fray, arrows flying and weapons striking with precision.