The growl reverberated through the cavern, the sound low and drawn out.
The mist coating the ground swirled, parting as something massive moved through the darkness.
A pair of eyes appeared first, burning with an eerie, unnatural blue glow.
They were followed by a hulking frame of bones and sinew, each step making the ground beneath it shudder subtly.
The creature emerged from the darkness, its skeletal form standing at nearly twice Cecilia's height, plates of ivory bone overlapping like armor.
Its ribs glowed faintly from within, blue light glowing like a heartbeat trapped in its hollow chest.
A bone wolf.
But this was no ordinary one.
The Alpha.
Its massive claws scraped against the stone, leaving deep gouges with each step. It lowered its head, growling again, the sound rolling through the chamber like a wave.
When it exhaled, flames leaked from between its bony jaws, the black fire mixed with a faint red hue.
