Cassian's eyes swept over the three of them before settling on me.
He let out a long sigh, gave a small shake of his head, and said, "Hurry up and grow stronger than me so I can stop being afraid of you."
I couldn't help but laugh at that.
"All right then, we'll head in first," I replied.
He gave a short nod.
I took a deep breath, reached out with my senses, and connected to my summons. My thoughts brushed against theirs like threads pulling tight, and I passed my orders directly into their minds.
"I have only one command for all of you," I told them. "Go all out. Kill as fast, and as much, as you can."
Silver was the first to react. His piercing screech tore through the air, and with one powerful beat of his wings, he launched himself forward, vanishing into the first level of the Alpha Zone.
Knight stepped up beside me, a low rumble building in his chest. The shadows around his feet thickened, swallowed him whole, and in the blink of an eye, he was gone.
