Luna Aurora (Alpha Fenrir)

Chapter

257

The forest had grown darker, the air heavier with the stench of decay. Each step Elyra and Dain took was filled with unease, as if the trees themselves were watching.

The attacks began subtly-a shadow flitting through the trees, a low growl in the distance. But as the days passed, the creatures became bolder, their grotesque forms emerging from rifts in the forest like nightmares made flesh.

One evening, as they rested near a stream, the first of the creatures lunged at them. It was a mass of shadow and teeth, its eyes blazing with malevolence. Elyra and Dain fought side by side, their movements instinctive and coordinated.

agility allowed her to dodge the creature's strikes with ease, while Dain's raw strength shattered

stronger," Elyra said,

of them," Dain added, scanning the

nightly, each more vicious than the last. The creatures seemed

night, as a particularly large beast lunged for Elyra, she hesitated, overwhelmed by its

sprawling. The glow intensified, burning away the beast's shadowy flesh until nothing remained. Dain collapsed to his knees, gasping

too," she whispered, her voice filled with