Book 3: Chapter 33

Alec sends his minions to spread out on the first street they enter. The grimghouls climb onto parked cars, rip the mirrors off and chew through the metal of the vehicles with ease. Car alarms sound, and people run and scream. Then, the shadow reapers coalesce into a giant swirl of dark matter and flow beneath the vehicles, hurling them into the distance. Alec makes sure there are no humans in the cars before they are tossed aside. Magnus shifts into his wolf and howls.

All the humans watching are terrified and film what they can with their phones before fleeing. Magnus chases after some of them, purposely running as slow as possible to allow them to escape. Police cars spread out along the street, and the officers shoot directly at the grimghouls and shadow reapers while others radio for backup.

A helicopter soars high above them. It’s from a news network.

“Magnus,” May mind-links. “We can see you on the television. They are filming it all live and announcing the