Accidentally Claimed
His eyes burned violet, pupils slit like a cat’s in torchlight, and when he smiled, the teeth were too long, too sharp, stained the color of old blood.
The inner guard lunged, six seasoned warriors, claws extended, jaws snapping.
Silas lifted one skeletal hand. A pulse of concussive force erupted, silent, invisible, and devastating. The wolves were hurled backward as though struck by an unseen battering ram. Bodies slammed into pillars; stone cracked; pained yelps cut short as ribs gave way. They hung there, pinned by invisible chains of dark magic, throats working soundlessly.