But just as the cold steel neared Alex's throat—Alex's eyes snapped open, glowing purple with deadly focus.
Whoosh!
Selene's ice lances shot forward from behind, howling through the air toward the assassin's back.
Hati lunged with a feral growl, teeth bared.
Clang!
The assassin's dagger was deflected at the last second, parried by Alex's conjured shadow blade.
In an instant, shadow daggers materialized around Alex like a swarm of arrows and launched toward the assassin's vital points.A barrage of attacks descended all at once.
But the assassin dissolved into black smoke and shot across the cave, materializing again at the far wall.
A muffled groan escaped him.
Blood trickled down his thigh and arm, staining the snow-flecked stone beneath him.He glared, eyes narrowed at the three figures now standing in defiance.
Alex and Selene stood side by side, Hati at Alex's right flank, snarling.
