"These are…"
Isis's words trailed off, her voice barely above a whisper. A crease formed between her brows as her silver eyes narrowed at the two colossal wolves before her. She had never seen them in person—no one in this age had—but the moment their shapes erupted into reality, recognition struck her with unrelenting clarity.
Everyone had heard the myth.
The twin guardians of Rome.
The divine sentinels gifted by Athena herself.
The last defense—the final bulwark should the empire ever tremble on the brink of ruin.
They were Rome's ultimate safeguard.
A concept similar to the Pharos of Alexandria—an ancient pillar capable of summoning a god in the Amun-Ra Empire's darkest hour. Yet unlike the Pharos, these beasts were not vessels for a deity.
They already carried terror incarnate in flesh, bone, and fang.
