Chapter 5

ELISA

I stayed frozen on the slick, mossy floor, my breath hitching in a continuous loop of terror while I watched the monstrous blur tear through the remaining men like they were made of damp paper.

Blood sprayed against the stone walls, raining down on my skin in hot, sticky drops as the beast slaughtered the rogues one after the other.

A chilling realization crept up my spine, freezing whatever blood was left in my veins.

The pitch-black stone, the dark tunnel I had blindly thrown myself through, the suffocating aura of raw, unadulterated power... I hadn’t just run into…