ARIA POV
The ground under my feet started shaking before I even saw them.
"Get down!" Lucien shouted, pulling me behind a fallen tree just as a blast of green fire shot over our heads.
My heart was beating so fast I thought it might explode. We had followed the magical trail here to stop the Shadow Lords from finishing their ritual. But now that we were here, I could see we were too late.
They were already doing it.
The junction point looked like a nightmare. Dozens of Shadow Lords stood in perfect rings around a huge stone altar. Dark power crackled in the air like lightning. And in the center of it all, a portal was getting bigger and bigger.
"There are too many of them," Kael whispered from beside me. His Alpha senses were screaming danger, just like mine were.
"We have to try," I said, even though my voice was shaking. "If we don't stop them now, everyone we love will become their slaves."
