All Chapters of The Last Hunt: the broken omega : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

ZARA’S POVPain woke me before consciousness did.Not the sharp kind.Not the merciful kind.This pain hummed.Painstaking pain!It crawled beneath my skin like something alive, snapping through my veins in timed pulses, forcing my muscles to seize, my teeth to grind, my lungs to forget how to work properlyI screamed.The sound echoed... metal walls, stone floor, low ceiling. The echo came back wrong, distorted, like the room enjoyed hearing it.Chains bit into my wrists and ankles. Cold. Heavy. Reinforced. Whatever alloy they were made of, my wolves recoiled from it instinctively."Containment," They growled.My head rolled forward. My hair clung to my face, damp with sweat. The air smelled wrong.Wolfsbane.No.... Something different...But still smelt like wolfsbane...Thick. Heavy.It flooded the room through unseen vents, saturating my lungs, coating my tongue with bitterness.I waited for the weakness.It didn’t come.Instead, my chest burned hotter.“…Interesting,” a voice said

Kai’s POVI didn’t sleep that night. Neither did Zara.We stayed in the observatory long after the symbols faded back into the stone, long after the air stopped humming like it might tear itself open again. I held her against my chest, my back to the window, every sense stretched thin, waiting for the academy to lurch into chaos.It didn’t.That almost scared me more.Zara’s breathing eventually evened out, her fingers still clenched in the fabric of my shirt like letting go would send her spiralling again. Every so often, faint silver-violet light pulsed beneath her skin, then receded, like the devourer was listening… but choosing not to speak.For now.“You’re shaking,” she murmured softly.I realized then that it was true. Not fear exactly. Adrenaline. Residual panic. Rage, I didn’t know where to put.“Yeah,” I admitted. “Guess I don’t trust silence anymore.”She tilted her head, resting her cheek over my heart. “Neither do I.”Outside, dawn bled slowly into the sky, pale and hes

Zara’s POVThe academy alarms didn’t stop for almost an hour.Red lights pulsed against the walls like the building itself was bleeding, and the sound, the shrill, metallic shriek of danger, felt like claws dragging up my spine. Kai held my hand through all of it, refusing to let go even when the air became hard to breathe, even when people screamed in the hallway, even when Rex mind-linked him a thousand times demanding we open the door.We didn’t.We stayed like that, braced against each other, breathing the same air, fighting not to drown in whatever force had decided to wake beneath us.Then....silence.The alarms cut as suddenly as they’d come, like someone had reached into the walls and torn the wires out with their teeth. The lights dimmed. The building groaned, metal settling uneasily into place.It felt like the academy was exhaling over our heads.Kai’s thumb brushed over the back of my hand; grounding, calm, steady.“You okay?” he whispered.I wanted to say yes. I wanted to

Kai's POV I saw Mira walking up to me in the cafeteria. The year was coming to a close, and most people had started filing out of the academy."Hey.... You're not going on holiday?" She asked.I had a clan in which I can come from, so yeah... It was right for her to ask that question."I'm not sure yet..." I responded.I still had a lot of things to settle in this side before I could think of returning to the clan for a break. Not that I would have the break I truly desired, but even though.... It was better than nothing."How about you?" I questioned."Oh... I'm not returning home for the break this year." She said nonchalantly."Why not?" I questioned.That was quite odd considering that she hadn't been here for long, so she probably won't have adapted quickly to the academy."I've been searching a lot of things... Doing research and all..." She said."Things are not really adding up in the academy, and I need to know what is going on." "Do you want to share?" I asked.I was the c

ZARA'S POV The break has begun. Most of the wolves had returned to their clans to refresh, and they took some time off just to prepare for the upcoming session. I woke up that morning in a kind of trance. I saw myself surrounded by other wolves, smiling and playing around. There was one wolf that stood at the centre of the ground floor. It was quite gigantic in nature, white with gold streaks adorning its body. It was quite beautiful.I tumbled over some wood in the forest. That made me pause in playing for a bit. That was when I truly noticed its presence. It was a beautiful wolf. It smiled at me, a wolfish grin appearing by its side. I smiled back, and then I woke up from my trance.I was so full of energy that morning. It was a really beautiful experience. "Good morning, Mira." I greeted."Good morning, Zara." She responded."You seem to be in such a cheerful mood this morning.""Oh well.... It just happened that way." I replied.I quickly got up from the bed and dressed my bed b