W.I.L.D.
The ward shimmered, shuddered, then parted like water, swallowing them in silence.
The armies outside felt the shift immediately, like the air itself had drawn a breath and held it. The barrier pulsed violently, throwing sparks of shadow that slammed into the ground.
“Hold the line!” Tate’s voice thundered, his dragon power rolling over them. “Their fight is inside. Ours is out here.”
The battlefield roared to life, but the six Guardians were gone—vanished into the fortress’s hungry maw.
The shift was instant. One moment, they stood in sunlight, the weight of thousands of warriors at their backs; the next, they were swallowed whole by silence and shadow.
Sikat na Kabanata