~Samantha~
The vault door groaned open and I had to blink at what was inside.
Not treasure. Just shelves. Rusted metal shelves holding dusty boxes and crates that looked like they'd been sitting here since before I was born.
"All that for storage boxes?" I couldn't keep the disappointment out of my voice.
"Don't judge things by their containers." Lila pushed past me, already scanning the shelves with focused intensity. "What matters is what they're hiding."
She grabbed a wooden crate from the middle shelf, yanked it down harder than necessary. The lid came off with a crack that made Devon jump.
Inside, nestled in rotting cloth, were knives. Lots of them. Each one had a blade that caught our flashlight beams weird like the metal absorbed light instead of reflecting it.
"Shadow killers." Lila pulled one out, turned it over in her hands. "Only weapons that work on fully corrupted wolves. Regular silver just slows them down. These end them."
