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an told me to leave, and a part of me wants to make good on this so he would learn his lesson, b

come forward and fight. Thankfully, they didn't question me this ti

ing to do, Alph

their borders now, and we can't let them get in. You and I are going to get

and I finally

o matter what hap

test, but then she swallows

hifting into our Wolf forms as soon as we

ky. Light fog is shrouding the land, making the lifeless trees look like cruel thin

because the stone walls that surround the pack are now chipped a

thick forest outside the pack. It's a lot darker here, colder, but

find myself fighting back seamlessly. I push back the Rogues tryi

ut Rogues is

over the packs since they starte

demands and find a middle ground, but they were never open to that. They

get bitten, or if their chests get dama

always aiming for their necks. Their smell is thick in the air, making it easy for me to sense where they are and where they're co

more of the

nt, and I know that I

fighting again. Since that Rogue attack when

t felt like my life ended. All the things I used to lov

in, to use my other senses to make up for the fact that I can't call for b

d take down troops of Rogues all by myself. I gaine

e that even after this adjustment

me, I felt as small and as voice

t saved me from si

s and clear and refreshing, after years of not being able to hear anything else. It's like her presenc

like I have to

ush all of them back, keeping them in front of me where I can see them a

off the thought of another victory. I begin to move faster, breaking through their ranks

iliar whoosh of en

ir with its teeth bared and ready to bite. I freeze,

biggest mistak

iew and wedges himself between me and the Rogue

I claw at it, scratching its face and leaving long and dee

mage i

stop, even. Blood pools arou

ecoming unfocused, and I can almost feel him pa

ng, but the vibrations on the ground suggest that t

see is t

h so that I don't feel the Rogues crowd

away from Carlos. My heart is frozen in my chest in fear. Every second

The fact that I can't hear or call for help is catching up t

eight finally

hed, but I can't protect Carlos anymore. I'm try

scatter just as a sweet, wa

ice standing before us,