The Battlefield
I followed Lucian onto the battlefield and understood immediately why prophecies were feared throughout history.
This wasn't war. This wasn't even battle in any traditional sense.
This was massacre.
My six-month-old son, transformed into a seven-foot monstrous form that defied nature itself, moved through enemy ranks like death incarnate. Claws flashing in arcs of silver and black. Fangs tearing through flesh and bone. Bodies falling before they could even scream, before their minds could process what was killing them.
The pristine white snow turned red within moments. Then deeper crimson as more blood spilled. Then black as it soaked into the frozen ground in quantities that shouldn't be possible.
"Fall back!" someone screamed. The Silverfen Alpha, his voice cracking with panic I'd never heard from a pack leader. "FALL BACK! It's not natural! It's—it's an abomination! It's—"
