There were eleven. Twelve people including Jared, who surrounded Zenith, they were using their black magic on him, trying to extract the black magic that came from the alpha.
The unique black magic that Zenith carried was the purest form of black magic that Jared had been looking for.
Something this strong would allow him to eradicate all the shifters, it would kill all of their wolf spirit, which left them with nothing, but hollow.
For a shifter, who lost their wolf spirit, it was akin to lose yourself and one could die because of it. In short, not only Jared tried to exterminate the whole shifter, but in a long run, he was going to kill them all.
"No… we need to stop that," Zaya said, she gritted her teeth and tried to get closer to their barrier, but even before she got too close, she was suffocated, as if all air inside her lungs was being sucked out of her body.
Pyro caught her hand and pulled her back.