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THE WOLF THAT BURNS

Author: Merryn
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-30 05:05:53
POV: ARAYA

It came out of the dark.

Not from the trees—beneath them. From the marrow of the forest. From something older than nature, and far more dangerous.

A shape peeled itself out of the mist.

A wolf.

Massive. Spectral.

Smoke and bone bled from its body, its limbs too long for the laws of nature. Its shadow-wrought fur shifted like torn silk soaked in oil. The air died in its presence—like it had stolen breath itself.

And its eyes—

They didn’t glow.

They burned.

Not red. Not gold.

Silver fire. Cold. Ancient. Divine. Wrong.

---

The rogues froze.

The one with the blade at my throat didn’t even scream. His jaw just unhinged, the knife falling like it weighed a thousand pounds.

He turned to run.

He didn’t make it three steps.

The wolf moved once—

And his body flew backwards, ribs caving in, spine snapping with a crack that made my teeth ache.

He hit the ground wet.

---

The clearing erupted.

One rogue screamed. Another tried to shift—half-shifted, claws barely brea
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