Lorien POV

Riven slammed the first beast down just as another rounded the corner and lunged from the opposite side. I felt my heart drop when I realized this one wasn’t the wolf from the office.

At least three now. The math made everything colder our odds of leaving unscathed plummeted like a stone. Blood matted the light-brown creature’s neck, but the wound didn’t slow him. His eyes snapped to me and he scrambled to his feet.

I stepped back, one stair higher, leaving only half a ...