Chapter: Chapter 27: Kidnapped to an underground tunnel The first witch lunged at me as I moved on instinct. My partially shifted claws caught her across her throat. She gurgled and fell, but the more were already closing in. Twelve hands grabbed at my arms, my hair, my clothes while the witch who had a personal vendetta against me began chanting binding spells, sleep charms and different magic meant to subdue me rather than to kill me. The air crackled with magical powers as realization dawned on me. They wanted me alive but I wouldn't let them get me. I went wild immediately, fighting like the wolf that I was. Blood splashed across my teeth, and claws with pure savage fury. But there were too many of them, and they had come prepared with charms made to harm my kind. Every time I tried to break free from a spell two more tightened around my neck. The witches I succeeded in wounding were pulled back by her sisters who chanted healing spells to heal their wounds. I kept fighting blindly, furiously. kicking and clawing till I was su
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Chapter: Chapter 26: The HuntThalia's POV The left turn led me deeper into the market's shadowed heart, where the stalls grew smaller and the vendors were more secretive. My feet moved with a purpose I didn't fully understand, driven by something fierce and reckless that had awakened in my chest—the quest to protect the direlands. Behind me, I could hear Enid calling my name, but I didn't stop. I kept moving. The visions had shown me enough. That witch who had attacked me, the one selling my secrets was around here somewhere. I could feel her like a thorn in my skin. The narrow passage between the stalls reeked of rotting herbs and something metallic that made my stomach turn. Fewer people wandered here, and those that did kept their heads down, their business was clearly not the kind conducted in daylight. My wolf stirred weakly, whimpering a warning I chose to ignore. I should have listened. A flash of movement caught my eye. A figure in a dark cloak ducking behind a stall selling what looked like pre
최신 업데이트: 2025-11-02
Chapter: Chapter 25 – Shadows in the MarketThalia’s POV The morning came heavy with silence. Not the gentle hush of dawn, but the kind that pressed down on your chest and refused to lift. I woke to find Enid already moving about, his motions precise as always, but his jaw tight, the lines of his face sharper than usual. The remnants of last night’s battle still lingered in the air—the broken wood, the faint scorch marks, the scent of smoke that clung stubbornly to the walls. He had repaired what he could, swept away the worst of it, but the memory burned into me deeper than any scar. I touched my ribs, almost in disbelief at how whole they felt now. His power had knit bone and flesh back together, but it could not erase the echo of the pain. Nor the deeper wound: the knowledge that I had been so close to death, and that someone had dared to come for me in his absence. The same people who were scheming against me. “Eat something,” Enid said quietly. He placed a bowl of steaming broth on the table. His voice was steady, but
최신 업데이트: 2025-09-04
Chapter: Chapter Twenty-Four: Marked in ShadowsThalia’s POV The moment I woke up from that dream, I knew something was wrong. This wasn't about the dream, or the shocking revelation that someone was about to sell me out It wasn’t the sharp sting of the witch’s brand still burning faintly on my skin, or the faint ache left in my ribs from the fight in the cavern the moment I step my foot into this strange land. Not the faint whisper of the siren’s power that still curled like saltwater in my veins, unpredictable and dangerous. It was something else. Something heavier, something different. A feeling I couldn’t shake, like invisible eyes crawling over me. Like the air itself had turned to glass, and that every move I made echoed back to someone watching. My wolf stirred uneasily in the pit of my chest, but she was weak and drained, the Direwolf power has been locked so I couldn't use it no matter how much I needed it. All I had this time was myself. I pressed a hand against my chest and tried to calm the rising panic. My inst
최신 업데이트: 2025-09-03
Chapter: Chapter Twenty-three: Saved for a purpose Thalia’s POV The first thing I felt was the throbbing in my head. It pulsed behind my eyes, sharp and unrelenting, like a drum being beaten too close to my skull. My body felt heavy, as though it had been drained of everything, every drop of strength sucked out until only the shell remained. My eyelids fluttered open, and I was greeted by the faint flicker of firelight casting shadows on rough wooden walls. The air smelled faintly of herbs—sharp, bitter, and earthy—mixed with the faint scent of smoke. I was lying on a low bed, covered with a thick fur blanket that felt scratchy against my skin. The ceiling was low, slanted, and the place was small enough that I could take in almost everything from where I lay. Shelves lined the walls, stuffed with jars of dried leaves, roots, and glass vials filled with liquids of different colors. In the far corner was a little cauldron hanging over a fire pit, the steam curling into the air. “You’re awake.” The voice was soft but carried an
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Chapter: Chapter Twenty-two: The witches snareThalia’s POV The moment my foot crossed the threshold into the witches’ land, I noticed something shift. It wasn’t just the weight of the forest air pressing against my lungs. Or the way the wind abruptly stopped—it was the silence. Dead silence. The kind that presses against your chest like a warning. As if the land itself was holding its breath. With each step I felt suppressed.... I took a few more steps, cautious. My boots sank slightly into the damp earth. The trees were older here, gnarled and twisted like they had grown drunk on centuries of secrets. Their branches curved like claws, tangled together in an eternal whisper of magic and malice. The forest was haunting but I held my breath and moved on. Regretting all my life choices and wishing I remained in the direlands. That was when the ground gave way beneath me. One second, solid earth and the next— Emptiness. I gasped, arms flailing, as the forest floor swallowed me whole. I fell fast, going deeper and
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