"Fuck." Mynes said as the runes that were around her flickered and faded one by one, like candles snuffed out by an unseen hand.
Her breathing hitched as the reality of their situation settled into her bones. "Wendy sets traps for her victims… covering them in shadow so they won't escape while she feasts on them."
She struggled instinctively, trying to wrench her leg freebut the dark water only pulled her deeper, swallowing her all the way to the stomach. It felt like being submerged in cold ink.
"Oh?" Azel exhaled, rolling his shoulders as if mildly inconvenienced. "It seems like she's splitting herself into multiple shadows to stop us from coming…"
In front of them, the shadow creature… Wendy's fractured manifestation pulled back. Her twisted jaws opened wide, revealing rows upon rows of jagged, uneven teeth.
