Todos os capítulos de The Suppressed Lycan Queen : Capítulo 21 - Capítulo 24

June's Perspective I can’t breathe. The air in my lungs feels like liquid fire, and my heart is beating so hard it’s a rhythmic, agonizing thud against my ribs that I can actually feel in my teeth. I’m running, blindly fleeing the fraternity house, but the sidewalk isn't enough. The campus buildings are too close. The world feels suffocatingly small, closing in on me with the smell of burning cedar and the echo of a snapping neck. I need space. I need air. I find myself at the edge of the university track and field complex. It’s early; the morning mist is still clinging heavily to the artificial turf, and the massive stadium bleachers are empty ghosts in the gray, predawn light. I don't stop to think. I don't check to see if the gates are unlocked. I just hit the red polyurethane track and push. I’ve never been an athlete. I’ve spent my entire life as a frail, heavily medicated shadow of a girl who got winded walking up two flights of stairs to the chemistry lab. But right now, my

June's PerspectiveI am standing in the center of a rustic village. I feel the warm, desperate embrace of two people, a strong, aged man with kind green eyes, and a woman who smells like pine and home."We missed you, Amaris," they say, their voices thick with relief and love."I missed you too, Mom and Dad," I reply. Except it isn't me. It’s Amaris. I am trapped behind her eyes, feeling the tears track down her cheeks.Then, a sudden, violent shift.A cold, oily darkness slithers into the back of my mind, wrapping around my consciousness like a suffocating python. A voice whispers in the dark, deep and hypnotic.Do it. They will never let us be together.I feel the heavy, balanced weight of a silver blade materialize in my right hand. I shudder violently, feeling Amaris fighting it, her soul screaming in pure agony, but the darkness is absolute. It moves her limbs like a puppet on strings.Do it.