Following the events of the first book, Julian is now in Europe where he is starting his new life as part of The Order and here he will once again face many creatures of the night and beasts of the wilds that live within this part of the world. Furt...
It would be nighttime throughout the city of London, the streets were empty and lights of each lamp were lit across the streets. However not everything was a normal in first sight as from the ambient silence came footsteps running down one of the empty streets of the city, it was a woman that was running from something that by the sounds of low growls and echoing roars down the narrow pathway was not exactly a murderer or even a man. But instead a beastly creature, its body coated entirely in a fur of darkness that made it almost appear to be a shadow running across the walls of the buildings, it was entirely black as the night sky except for one part. Its rows of teeth which appeared jagged but greatly sharpened but the unique thing about the teeth were that they had glowed with luminescence.
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The beast would be running on all fours as the outline of it appeared bulky and large like a bear mixed with a gorilla. And as its teeth glowed it would continue to take pursuit of the woman on the run from it as with a screeching roar, several other similar beasts would come to to follow closely behind as each shower their own glowing jagged blade like teeth. Though as they were close together the beasts had no longer resembled only individual creatures but instead looked as if they had formed a giant amalgamation of a monster with multiple mouths to consume anything it would find.
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As the woman would continue to run until she became out of breath, she would trip down and fall onto the cold ground that was the street path. She knew that she was already too late to get up and keep running as by the time she looked back the beasts had quickly closed the distance and would now be surrounding the woman. She would now try to move as far from each of the beast as possible within her final moments of life as the woman was aware of the appending doom that awaits her by the distance. Yet unbeknownst to her and even the beast themselves was that they weren't the only ones out at this time of night, as her eyes would take a glance to the heavens above and noticed a few shadowy figures standing on the rooftops of buildings.
And just as sudden a sound of something being pierced would be heard right in front of her as her attention would now go to seeing one of the shadowy beasts with an arrow through its head area before collapsing on the ground. The sight caught the attention of the other beasts who now knew that they were also being pursued or more accurately hunted. As just as quickly a few other shots would be fired as three other beasts now had arrows either going through or stabbing into their heads which immediately killed them.
That was when the shadowy figures from the buildings would land onto the street grounds to finish off the few that remained as the main beast that was leading the pursuit of the woman would take to command the others to attack the mysterious men who were equipped with strange weapons stemming from crossbows to melee tools. Very quickly it would turn into a open fight between the two shadowy forces as that was how they would appear through the eyes of the woman that watched this unfold as the sounds of human grunts and the screeches of each beast being killed filled the area whilst all she could do at that moment was spectate.
Eventually the head beast was left remaining alive but badly injured as its blood being also of similar luminescence of its teeth had made its image more revealing as then for a final attempt to try and make a strike at the woman would rush forward and take a great leap from the ground and moved through the air. Only to be tackled down by another shadowy figure from the opposite direction which resulted in it landing back down onto its own backside. From here the woman continued to watch silently as the shadowy figure would start to apparently wrestle and grapple with the beast as it seemed they had the advantage here. Though what was more fascinating was that they were using no weapon, only their bare hands to fight this monster and to the woman this was astonishing.
And the more she looked, the more she would notice that the figure has resembled a man, and a well built man at that yet his face remained hidden. As the beast would continue to try and attempt victory, it had appeared no match anymore as the male figure quickly put the beast out of its misery with a chokehold in his arms followed by a quick neck snap leaving the creature good as dead. Afterwards he would turn his attention to the woman on the ground and slowly moved to approach her and by instinct she would move back out of fear. Though the male would take notice and try to appear more friendly in a manner.
???: Have no fear madam, are you hurt?
Woman: N-no...
???: Were you bitten at all?
Woman: I don't think so....
???: Well then, by the grace of our heavenly Father. You are safe now madam, for we are here.
Woman: Who...who are you?
???: Who we are is not important, what is would be your safety. Tell me what is your name?
