Drusilla raised her hand, runes flaring around her fingers. "Then let's see how it handles fire!''
She hurled a bolt of burning energy that struck the creature squarely, sending it shrieking into the dirt. The flames lit the mist and revealed more of them. Crawling from alleyways, emerging from the shadows of shattered homes. Twisted remnants of what had once been human.
Raegar set his stance, ready to continue fighting, eyes narrowing. ''We're surrounded.''
''Then we fight our way through,'' Nivara said, spinning her blades with grim determination.
The creatures surged forward, shrieking in unison. Raegar met the first one head-on, crossing his daggers again and driving them into its chest. ''Stay close!'' he barked as the others closed in, claws flashing, eyes burning like embers in the fog.
