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CHAPTER 66: Through Fire and Shadows
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THE LAST SHIFT: A Werewolf without a Wolf CHAPTER 71:The Forest That Breathes
The forest was breathing.Not from the wind. This was different, it was heavier. The night exhaled around us, pushing warm, wet air against my skin. Each breath I took felt like swallowing something alive."Stay inside the stones," Kieran said, his voice tight.I looked at the black ring around us. The jagged slabs seemed taller now, their shadows stretching wrong in the moonlight. The girl lay between us, unconscious, her skin covered in sweat."What's happening?" I whispered.Kieran's jaw twitched. "It's awake.""You mean that creature...""No." His voice was flat. "That wasn't it."My pulse hammered in my ears. "There's something worse?"He finally looked at me. His eyes were too calm. "If we're lucky, we won't see it. If we're not... we won't have to worry about running."A wet sound came from the darkness. Like something dragging through mud. I spun toward it, chest getting tight.Something moved between the trees. Too big to be human. But it didn't lurch or twitch like the creat
THE LAST SHIFT: A Werewolf without a Wolf CHAPTER 70: Teeth in the Dark
It didn't charge right away. It just slid forward, like it was testing how close it could get before we snapped. Every step looked wrong, its limbs bent in ways they shouldn't, feet dragging, then jerking forward in sick bursts of speed.Kieran didn't move. His blade was up, steady, the tip pointing at its throat.My chest was tight, lungs pulling in air that felt too thick. I could hear my heartbeat over everything else. Even the forest had gone quiet. No rustling leaves, no owl calls. Just the sound of that thing breathing; wet, uneven, rattling like something was rotting inside it.The girl's fingers dug deeper into my wrist. "Kaia," she whispered, voice shaking, "don't let it look at you."I swallowed hard. "What happens if it does?"She shook her head, eyes locked on the creature. "You don't want to know."The thing tilted its head at her voice, and for a split second, those burning eyes flicked toward me. My stomach flipped, heat flooding my face like I'd been caught doing somet
THE LAST SHIFT: A Werewolf without a Wolf CHAPTER 69: The Weight We Carry
The forest wouldn't end.Every time I thought we'd gotten far enough from that clearing, the sound came back. Branches snapping. Something heavy dragging through bushes. It wasn't hunting us like a normal predator would. It was just following, steady and patient, like it knew we'd get tired way before it did.The girl's arm was wrapped around my shoulders, her weight leaning into my side. She wasn't dead weight, her feet scraped the ground in jerky little steps, but she was fading fast. Every breath sounded like it hurt, small and broken."Keep moving," Kieran said without looking back. His voice was all sharp focus. He stayed slightly ahead of us, blade still out, body turned toward every sound.I shifted my grip under her ribs and bit my cheek. "She's slowing down...""She doesn't slow," he cut me off. "Neither do you."A branch whipped across my face, stinging my cheekbone. The pain barely registered over how much my legs burned. My boots sank into a soft patch of ground, pulling a
THE LAST SHIFT: A Werewolf without a Wolf CHAPTER 68: The Ghost that Breathes
For a second, I forgot how to breathe.She shouldn't have been here. Shouldn't have been anywhere. My brain couldn't process it. Seeing her carved a hole straight through me, so deep I almost missed the thing crouched on top of her.Her face was paler than I remembered. Lips cracked, hair tangled and matted with dirt. Dried blood streaked across her jaw. But her eyes still had something sharp behind the fear, a spark that wouldn't die. Even that felt wrong, because last time I saw her, there hadn't been anything left to fight with.The thing on top of her growled low and deep. It vibrated through the frozen air and down my spine. Too big to be human, too wrong to be a wolf. Its back arched weird, shoulders rolling forward like it could barely hold its shape. Thick muscle shifted under patchy, mottled fur. Claws long enough to scratch dirt from where it stood. The stink of rot rolled off it in waves, sour and heavy, like the air around it was already rotting.Kieran's hand left my arm
THE LAST SHIFT: A Werewolf without a Wolf CHAPTER 67: The Breath Between Steps
I kept running until the cold air felt like knives in my lungs. My legs burned, calves screaming at me to stop, but I couldn't. The narrow trail twisted through the forest like it was trying to lose me, shadows stretching long and sharp across the dirt.Every step broke twigs under my boots. Every branch that scraped my arm felt like the forest wanted to mark me, remind me I was still trapped inside it. My heartbeat pounded so loud in my ears it drowned out the wind.Behind me, the woods felt alive. Like they were holding their breath, waiting for me to stumble so they could close in.But it wasn't the forest I was running from.It was Kieran's voice stuck in my head. The way he'd said my name back at the stronghold; low, sharp, like he didn't know whether to pull me close or push me away. That memory burned worse than the cold wind on my face."Kaia... wait!" His voice carried through the trees now, real and close.I heard his heavy boots hitting the ground behind me, getting closer.
THE LAST SHIFT: A Werewolf without a Wolf CHAPTER 66: Through Fire and Shadows
The original me smiled. Not a normal smile. The kind that cuts through air like a blade.Then she charged straight at me.Heat from the flames hit the side of my face, sharp and biting. I stumbled backward, boots scraping over broken tiles. The air was thick with smoke and charred wood, so strong it burned going down my throat."Kaia..." I started, but she didn't slow down.Her eyes glowed that weird gold color, brighter than any wolf's eyes I'd ever seen. Her hair whipped behind her as she jumped.I ducked, but she was too fast. Her hands slammed into my shoulders, shoving me into the wall so hard pain shot down my spine. My teeth clicked together."Why are you here?" she demanded. Her voice was mine, but deeper and meaner. It felt wrong, like hearing yourself in a nightmare where you're the bad guy. "You don't belong in this life.""I didn't choose this!" I shouted back, twisting under her grip. The wall behind me cracked from the impact. Fire flickered across her face, making her l
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