Chapter 14: Refuge
The darkness above them writhes and pulses like a living thing, pressing down with malevolent weight that makes Ella's lungs constrict with each breath. Whatever entity is orchestrating this supernatural assault, she can feel its attention like ice water in her veins—ancient, powerful, and utterly focused on her destruction. The shadow wolves continue to multiply from the writhing blackness, their crimson eyes fixed on her with predatory hunger that speaks of orders given by something far more terrifying than these corrupted beasts.
Through the chaos, she watches Kael and Dorian move with inhuman grace, their bodies flowing like liquid mercury as they tear through creature after creature. But even their supernatural speed and strength aren't enough—for every shadow wol
