Chapter 30: A Titan's Shadows

Instinctively as fast as she could, Alyssa hurried away from the portal. One by one, three cloaked figures emerged from out of the portal, and although there were no discernable markings on them, she just had a feeling that they were the same three she had originally come across at Thief’s Paradise. For a moment she stood there stunned, and unfortunately she hesitated a moment too long.

All three of the cloaked figures expelled jets of black smoke at the trio which lurched forward with their hundreds of sharp tendrils reaching out voraciously. Alyssa was barely able to place a protective barrier up in time, and she along with Markus and Derek were cut by several of the razor-sharp tendrils. She then conjured a pyre of red fire in front of them, and the cloaked figures backed off hissing and rasping.

“That won’t hold them for long,” Alyssa pointed out as the cloaked figures began attempting to douse the red flames.