Beyond Redemption
I caught glimpses — glowing eyes, snarling teeth, long claws.
Wraith wolves.
Aaron’s creations. I’d seen them once before — twisted souls bound in flesh, feeding on power instead of life. I thought they’d died with him.
Apparently not.
The first one lunged at me. I ducked, swung the staff upward, catching it under the jaw. The crack echoed through the clearing. The creature screeched, stumbling back, but another took its place.
And another.
They surrounded me.
Fine. I was done running.
The energy inside me flared. My pulse synced with the mark’s rhythm, every heartbeat sharper, louder. I raised the staff, but before I could strike, light burst from my hands — red and gold, spiraling outward
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