Screaming jaws snapped all around me. I struggled against the pressure beating my body down. Claws dug into my fur, teeth buried in my neck, and the stench of burning oil suffocated me. I couldn’t fight back against whatever it was taking me over. They were beginning to rip me apart, and I could already feel it in my limbs and chest and in my brow, where my horn was wrenched free from my skull.

A body crashed into the maelstrom around me—the monsters scattered in a cacophony of shrieks. ...