We'd just cleared the iron gates of the manor when we found ourselves surrounded.Hundreds of feral wolves poured out from all directions. Their eyes were a deeper, more rabid red than before, and the saliva dripping from their jaws carried the same foul, sweet scent. The pheromones Chloe had released had drawn every monster in the manor and whipped them into an absolute frenzy."Damn it!" Marcus raised his pistol. "There are too many!""We've got five minutes of ammo, max!" Sofia's voice trembled.The stench of death closed in around us."Elena, take the artifact and go!" Ryan yelled, stepping in front of me, ready to die. "We'll hold them off!"In that moment of pure despair, a blood-soaked figure stepped out from behind us.It was Liam."I will," he said, his voice quiet. The arrogance was gone from his eyes, replaced by a dead calm. An unshakeable resolve."Liam?" Ryan stared, shocked."This is my fault," he said, his voice a dead calm. "All of it. It's only right that I'm the on
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