Chapter 43 The Love That Endures

The clearing had become a battlefield. The air was thick with the sounds of growling, snarling, and the clash of sharp claws on bone. Wolves fought with everything they had, but the creatures closing in from all sides seemed to absorb every blow. The dark energy pulsing through the air, emanating from Lila and the monstrous beasts that had risen from the forest’s depths, had warped the atmosphere into something hostile. The ground trembled beneath them, as if the earth was protesting the violence that had taken root.