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The Price of a Second Chance 127 – Hunt
I couldn’t take it.The poster was still on the counter, crumpled by my hands. It was only ink, only paper, but it seemed written on my skin. Naomi had gone home after insisting on staying a little longer. I sent her away because I knew that if she continued, I would lose the little control I had left.I did not go home. My feet chose the way by themselves. At every turn, the wolf hit harder on my chest, as if it could no longer fit me. I felt the muscles throbbing, the skin tingling, and the bones begging to break. The more I tried to suffocate, the more it seemed inevitable.In the end, there was only one place I could go: the forest.Crossing the city was a martyrdom. When I reached the edge of the city, the air changed. The smell of damp earth, leaves, and resin from the trees. The wolf inside me roared in approval. I knew I was lost. "Only once," I murmured to myself. "Just this time."But it was a lie, and I knew.I ran to the clearing that I had always known. The same place whe
The Price of a Second Chance 126 – Visit
I didn’t sleep that night. Even after we left the chamber, even with Naomi by my side, sleep did not come. Every time I closed my eyes, I felt again the crack of the bones, the heat of the skin tearing, and the wolf pushing against the bars. And more than that, I felt pleasure in it, and this pleasure was what terrified me the most.When the sun rose, clarity seemed a punishment. I opened the cafeteria early, but there was no energy in the body. Naomi insisted on staying, despite the dark circles. Maybe to watch. Perhaps because she really believed I needed her here. Anyway, I did not argue.The first customer came in, bought coffee without even looking at me, and left quickly. The second did not go beyond the door: he only peered inside and left. The third, a teenager, came in laughing low and filmed me with his phone while ordering an espresso. "It’s to prove to others that you haven’t eaten anyone yet," he said mockingly. I felt my nails tremble under the skin. Naomi put her hand o
The Price of a Second Chance 125 – Take The Risks
I closed my eyes, taking a deep breath. I wanted to believe that she understood me, but there was no way she could. She would never feel the beast on her skin, banging against the bars, asking to be released. You would never know what it was like to feel pleasure in being the monster, even when you hate it."Naomi, I almost didn’t come back.""But he came back.""What if the next time I don’t come back? What if I stay in there forever? What’s left of me?"She did not back down. She came closer, her eyes fixed on mine. "Because you are not his father, Lancelot. You are not condemned to be him."His name hovered in the air, heavy. I felt my heart racing. "Don’t speak of him.""Why? Why is he the shadow you carry in everything you do?" She raised her voice, but there was no anger, only raw truth. "You spend so much time trying not to be like him that you forget that fear can also destroy you."Pulled the coat away from the body, letting it fall to the ground. I lifted with effort, walkin
The Price of a Second Chance 124 – It's No Use
And I changed again.There was no choice. The body gave me no respite, and the feeling was that my own skin would tear itself apart if I kept trying to contain it. Every muscle throbbed, every breath came short, as if there was not enough air in the world to keep me human.The chamber was in the back, behind a heavy, iron-reinforced wooden door. I had built that space myself years ago, when I realized that I could not depend only on the forest. A place to hold the wolf when there was no other way out. A prison that I had made for myself.I closed the door behind me and turned the lock. The metallic sound echoed as a warning: no one would enter until I left. If I could get out. The transformation came before I even prepared. The bones cracked, the skin burned, and a roar escaped from my throat, low, restrained, but full of anger. Not from the city, not from Casper, but from me.Falling on my knees, I rested my hands on the cold ground. The earth under my fingers crumbled when the claws
The Price of a Second Chance 123 – Always With Me
"I never wanted to."The words came out before I could think. Perhaps because they were the only truth that still sustained me. Naomi looked at me, her face half hidden by the gloom of the room, and I saw something break in her eyes, not fear, no doubt, but a kind of relief."Then I stay."No need to say anything. I just moved away, leaving space, and she entered slowly. The silence extended for seconds that seemed like hours. The same silence that haunted me in the cafeteria, the silence of the city trial, was now here, but different. More intimate. More dangerous.I still felt the skin tingling, as if the change had left burning embers under my flesh. At any moment, I knew I could lose control again. The wolf doesn’t just disappear because you decide to be human for a few hours. It waits. He tests."You’re afraid," she said, without hesitation."I am." There was no point in denying it.She approached, stopping less than an inch away. "From me?""From myself."For a moment, I thought
The Price of a Second Chance 122 – Instincts
I was afraid to change.The fear was not of pain, nor the loss of control itself. It was what would come later, when I could no longer deny to Naomi or the city that the monster existed.That night, the cafeteria still smelled of cleanliness and cold coffee. The stacked chairs, the deserted street outside. Naomi gathered clothes, insisting on acting as if it were just another end of the day. But I couldn’t. My skin burned as if the wolf brushed under it, asking for passage."You’re shaking," Naomi said, glancing."I know it.""Is it because of them?"I shook my head, clenching my fists. "No. It’s because of me. I haven’t moved in days. The more secure I am, the harder it gets. The body snakes. The wolf snakes."She dropped the cloth, walking to me. "Then change.""It’s not that simple," I said. "What if I move in here? What if someone sees? Naomi, they already believe I’m a danger. If I turn in the middle of the city, it will be the confirmation you were waiting for."She held my arm
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