vibrate with the intensity of its motion, and the primal, deep howls it let out sent shivers down his spine. He'd encountered many dangerous monsters in his life, bu

h the fluid elegance of a predator, quick and lethal, her eyes narrowing as she surveyed the situation. Without saying anyth

single second, the two animals appeared to be performing an awful dance, with the sound of their battles booming through the treetops. Aiden paused, motionless, as if caught in a tr

gh the chaos, cold and commanding. "We need

ng steel a startling contrast to the looming darkness. The assassin in him sprang to the fore, strengthening his focus as h

o large for the trees to contain as it swung around with terrifying speed, snapping its massive jaws at them. Selene was there, a blur of motion,

voice strained. "We need to take

agger sailed across the thin air in a precise curve, aimed straight for the beast's heart. But j

e air was forced from his lungs. He gulped for oxygen, attempting to regain his

he wolf's focus away from him. In the midst of the turmoil, he could hear her breath coming in heavy, labored gasps, yet she remaine

es of Dr. Myles were beyond anything he had ever encountered. But Selene wasn't backing down. She held nothing back, pushing herself to the very edge of he

waiting in the darkness. They were dealing with the beast in front of them, but the real threat was farther w

as it was about to tear her apart, she wrenched her body away, utilizing the motion to fling the beast off of her. Blood trickled from

clinched teeth, her voice fille

He could sense the wolf's claws and jaws as it tried to attack him, but he was too fast.

period, nothi

faded from its eyes as its body trembled violently in death. Aiden yanked

lush of triumph, someth

enched in blood-her own blood-and her feet slowed. Her face was ashen as s

voice scratchy. "There's

t... I'm not

toward her, perplexity rushing across

deep down that there was something special about me," she replied, just above a whisper. "But I never realized unti

of his dagger as the truth suddenly

something far more dangerous was watching them. "Dr. Myle

m behind them. It wasn't Dr. Myles. It wasn't any

ling laugh, he noticed it. A giant shadow loomed at the boundary of the clearing., a be

rible shock that they hadn'

only ju