“Oh no, I don’t fight like a barbarian. I fight like a winner. Dirty.”
He grinned before his shadows were on me. They pushed me back, surrounding me so I couldn’t see Elias, the crypt, or my brother.
But I didn’t panic. The link with my wolves was growing stronger. I didn’t know whether that was because of how confident I was now or whether they were close, but it did help.
I drew on their magic, making my shadows much stronger. I blasted them out from me, pinning Elias’s shadows to the walls of the crypt.
They hissed and squealed, but mine kept them there. It was hard, they were strong, but I didn’t need much of my strength to kill him now. He was essentially human, no shadows to cry to. No shadows to protect him.
And he knew it too.
He was frowning, straining as I walked forw
