The moment we stepped out of the cabin, something felt off.

The air was thick, charges with an invisible force that prickled again my skin. A strange hur vibrated in my bones, a deep. rhythmic pulse that sent a shiver through me. My well stirred inside me, cars flattened, hackles raised. Something was coming

Then, with a deafening crack, the barrier shattered.

A wave of darkness surged forward, rolling toward us like a living storm. Shadows twisted and writhed, merging and separating. until grotesque forms took shape.

Umbrakins.

My stomach twisted with nausea. The creatures were as horrifying they were unnatural-beings of pure shadow, their burned flesh peeling away under the sun's glore, revealing raw, bubbling matcle beneath. The stench of scorched meat filled the air.

Elijah stood rigid beside me, his fingers tightening around the hilt of his blade. "They don't attack during the day," he muttered. voice tinged with disbelief.

But here they were.

The Umbrakins screeched, a piercing, guttural sound that sent my pulse into overdrive. Their charred skin sizzled under the sun, but they didn't retreat. They charged forward, their clawed fingers outstretched, their hollow, glowing eyes locked onto us.

They didn't care that they were burning. They didn't care that every step cost them pieces of their own

Пesh

"They're not acting on instinct," I realized aloud, my voice barely above a whisper. "They're following orders."

Before the words fully left my lips, an Umbrakin lunged.

Isaiah yanked me back just in time. Its clawed hand missed me by mere inches, slashing through empty air where my throat had been. I stumbled against him, my breath ragged.

"We have to move! Now!" Isaiah barked.

Selene stepped forward instead.

Her black-painted fingers moved in a blur, tracing ancient symbols in the air. A wall of blue fire erupted between us and the advancing harde, the flames roaring to life. The Umbrakins screamed as the fire consumed them, their bodies twisting, writhing. disintegrating into bubbling black ooze.

But more kept coming

They climbed over their fallen brethren, unrelenting, uncaring. They weren't afraid. They weren't stopping.

"They don't care if they die." Alex br

breathed, his voice trembling.

Selene turned sharply, eyes locking onto mine. "Run!"

body screaming to fight, to stay by her side.

in her

Acceptance

She knew,

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this

very sout rebelled against it, but

shook beneath us as we sprinted toward the barn, every hotstep thundering in my ears. The Umbraking were closing in from

fire held them back, but it

barn first, throwing the doors

Elijah piled in. I hesitated for only a heartbeat, glanding

in time to see

her

my

her lips curling into a wook, knowing smile. Blood dripped

This is my destiny.

hit

forward, the Umbrakins surging after us. Their clawed

against

impaling the creature through the chest. It shrieked, convulsing. before its

More lunged at us.

jerking the wheel to avoid another impact. "They're being pushed beyond

dagger from his belt, and drove it straight through the creature's head. It collapsed with a final

they just kept

to see Selene collapse, her hands falling lampply to her sides. Her last spell flickered

The Umbrakins swarmed her.

tore from my

But then-

edge of

launched into

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a single heartbeat, time setched Impossibly thin. The wind

disappeared beneath

Calling-but we

"WE'RE GONNA

The sky warped.

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