Zayn PoV
The first hound lunged from the sand, its front legs reformed into jagged scythes of hardened shadow.
I hardened the sand underneath my feet into hard stone and raised my giant axe in front of me like a shield.
The beast's shadow scythes slammed against the broad face of my axe, sending a jarring, hollow ring through the desert air.
With the stone beneath my boots anchored deep into the bedrock, I didn't yield an inch. But the other beast flanked around my blind spot, its jaws gaping wide as it aimed straight for my shoulder.
A blast of wind shot at it, sending it flying.
My eyes traced the wind blast's trajectory back to Eren in the sky. He let out a loud neigh before dashing southward again at mach speed.
With my blind spot clear and the hound pinned under the force of the blast, I didn't waste a second.
