Chapter 8

I ran north and kept running for half an hour, and when I was sure that I was a safe distance from anyone, I howled.

I howled and howled until my throat felt scratchy and it throbbed from the pain. I wasn’t disappointed when a minute later I heard them.

They came from every direction and from their loud noises; they seemed a lot. I dropped my sword scabbard and roared.

Seconds later I was tackled to the ground and a huge rotten wolf was on top of me trying to bite my head off. I pushed his weight off of me and jumped backward.

His pack circled me and I bared my canines at them and flexed my claws. I eyed my opponents and circled them, too.

These were wolves that got infected and stayed in that form. The thing about that virus was that it keeps you in that state, neither dead nor alive.

Just an empty husk of yourself, while your mind weathered and your f