"What...the fuck?"You know that mode your body is sent into when you're in danger? The fight or flight? No...no, my body chooses to freeze. Right here, in the middle of the woods. Right here, in front of a steel cage that currently houses the biggest, most ethereal, black wolf I've ever seen in my life.Well, not that I've ever seen a wolf to begin with.At my voice, its head peaks up and I'm met with its golden eyes. There's something odd about it though. It looks like it understands my shock and is amused...in a human kind of way."Nope," I whisper. "I'm not about to be that horror movie character."Besides, I may be a little high, and I'm imagining things.With that, I manage to take a step back, then another, and then finally, I spin around and begin trying to retrace my steps back the way I came.However, before I'm even ten steps gone, there's this sickening sound that fills the woods. It's like the snapping of a million twigs. No, more like bones.I turn sharply back to the
Last Updated : 2025-09-01 Read more