All Chapters of The Last Howl: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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11. An Accident

Moric carefully set a small glass vial of shimmering liquid and a silver tin of healing salve into my hands. "Drink the vial once you get to the cafeteria, Bellona, and rub the salve over your ribs before bed. It'll keep the swelling down.""Thanks, Moric," I murmured, clutching the cold glass.Moric gave me a warm nod, packed up his medical kit, and hurried out of the secluded alcove back to the arena if anyone needed his aid. He was a gentle young man with dimples. So cute.The moment he stepped out, the temperature in the narrow stone space dropped to absolute zero.A suffocating, icy aura flooded the air, thick with dark pine and frozen ozone. I didn't need to look up to know who was approaching.Alexander Blackthorn stepped into the secluded area, completely blocking off my only escape route. He was massive, his broad shoulders easily shutting out the arena's torchlight, completely dwarfing my small, bruised frame in his shadow. The sheer physical presence of the future King was

Last Updated : 2026-07-27

12. The First Bite

Back in my dorm room, the quiet hum of the night was a welcome relief. I pulled up my shirt, wincing as the cool mountain draft bit at my skin, and gently rubbed Moric’s silver salve over my bruised ribs. The skin was a nasty palette of dark purple, blue, and angry crimson. The ointment stung with a sharp, icy burn, but I sucked in a breath and forced myself to massage it in before wrapping the fresh compression bandage around my waist.A soft, rhythmic knock at my door made me jump.I pulled my shirt down. Who could it be? I just hope it wasn't Vanessa because I can't deal with her right now. I cautiously opened the door to find Lina, Sia, and Kenny standing in the dim hallway, grinning like absolute idiots. Lina held up a greasy paper bag stuffed to the brim with warm pastries and dried sausage."Cafeteria heist,"

Last Updated : 2026-07-28

13. The Outbreak

The shriek that tore from the student’s throat was not human. It wasn't werewolf, either. It was a guttural, wet screech of pure savagery that rattled the ancient stone beneath our feet.Dareth barely had time to raise his arm before the creature snapped forward like a coiled spring. Teeth sunk deep into the meat where Dareth’s neck met his shoulder. A sickening CRUNCH echoed across the silent arena as muscle and flesh tore away."Aaargh!" Dareth let out a blood-curdling roar, clutching his neck as thick arterial blood spurted through his desperate, trembling fingers. He stumbled backward, his face draining of color instantly, sweat beading across his forehead as he wheezed and gagged on his own blood.The infected student spat out a mouthful of crimson and pivoted on his heels, cloudy, dead eyes instantly locked onto Alexander.In a flash of golden movement, Professor Hawthorne leaped down from his platform. "Get back!" he roared, bringing his fist straight into the student's jaw with

Last Updated : 2026-07-29

14. The Containment Gate

The screams echoed off the high stone arches like a symphony written in hell.Down in the sand, Alexander’s eyes held mine for one agonizing second across the sea of blood. The cold, unshakeable royal looked terrified for the first time in his life, and his lips silently moved to say just one word:'RUN!'I didn't need to be told twice."Move! We need to get off the open floor now!" I shoved Kenny, Sia, and Lina ahead of me as the student body erupted into a chaotic, crushing rout.Alphas and Betas who had spent their entire lives boasting about honor and strength were now throwing each other to the floor just to gain an inch of ground. A male Beta tripped on the lower stone bleachers; before he could even call out, three upperclassmen trampled directly over his chest, the sound of breaking ribs lost beneath the deafening roar of panic.The main exit archway was a gruesome bottleneck. Dozens of students wedged themselves into the narrow arch simultaneously, their bodies pressed so tig

Last Updated : 2026-08-04

15. Theories in the Dark

BOOM!The heavy steel blast gate violently shuddered against its stone housing, the impact vibrating straight through the soles of our boots.On the other side of the thick iron bars, pure nightmare erupted."HAWTHORNE!" Atlas yelled, lunging forward, but Alexander grabbed his shoulder, holding him back with a grim, tight grip.Professor Hawthorne stood bathed in torchlight, a lone lion against a wall of monsters. His amber eyes burned with absolute fury as he wielded his heavy broadsword, slicing through two infected guards in a flurry of golden Alpha strength. "STAY BACK!" Hawthorne roared over the screams of the trapped freshmen behind him. "DO NOT OPEN THIS GATE!"Through the steel slats, I watched in horrific, helpless fascination. Dareth

Last Updated : 2026-08-05

16. The Breach from Above

The wet, rhythmic scraping inside the metal duct ceased.For three agonizing seconds, absolute silence descended upon the armory. Nobody dared to breathe. The cold air in the subterranean vault turned heavy, thick with the stench of copper from outside and the sudden, iron-like tang of collective terror.SCREECH!The heavy iron ventilation grate tore free from the stone ceiling with a deafening screech of rending metal, crashing down onto a stack of wooden weapon crates below.Before the echo of the crash could fade, two uniformed, twisted figures dropped through the open hole, landing on the stone floor with sickening, bone-snapping thuds.They didn't register pain. They didn't pause to catch their breath. The moment their feet hit the ground, their clouded, milky-crimson eyes snapped toward us. One was a former academy technician, his blue tunic torn to shreds, his throat torn open; the other was a female upperclassman whose spine was bent at an impossible, jagged angle. Black, swol

Last Updated : 2026-08-06

17. The Nightmare in the Tunnel

The dust cleared just enough for me to see the nightmare emerging from the shattered floor.Dareth’s deformed wolf form pulled itself out of the rubble. His hunchbacked spine was bent at a sickening, broken angle, and his jaw hung open in a ruined, bloody grin. The smell coming off him was pure rot, thick, sour, and so heavy it made my stomach turn."Bellona! GET BACK!" Alexander’s voice boomed through the fog of dust.He lunged forward, swinging his silver broadsword in a brutal overhead strike that slammed straight into the side of Dareth’s neck.

Last Updated : 2026-08-07

18. No Way Out

The freshman girl’s body hit the wet flagstones with a dull, sickening thud.The spider-like guard crouched over her corpse, its grey jaw unhinged as it tore a chunk of flesh from her neck. The wet, slapping sounds of tearing tissue echoed off the narrow, damp walls of the filtration tunnel, loud enough to drown out the heavy pounding on the oak door behind us."YOU MONSTER!" Marcus roared, his grief transforming into blind, furious rage.Ignoring the tight quarters, he charged forward, lifting his heavy battleaxe high above his head to crush the creature’s skull."Marcus, NO! Don't swing-!" I screamed.It was too late. The heavy axe blade struck the low, curved stone ceiling with a shower of harsh orange sparks. The vibration rattled up Marcus's arms, throwing him off balance. The spider-like guard leaped off the girl's corpse with terrifying speed, its milky-crimson eyes wide as it slammed straight into Marcus's chest, knocking him backward into the shallow, murky water running alon

Last Updated : 2026-08-08

19. The Iron Labyrinth

The roaring current of the reservoir churned beneath our boots, a swirling vortex of dark water and bobbing, grey corpses.Behind us, the narrow aqueduct vibrated violently. The wet, frantic slapping of hundreds of bare feet and clawed paws echoed down the stone passage as Dareth’s horde closed in."The gate wheel won't budge!" Marcus shouted, his voice strained over the deafening noise of cascading water. He grabbed the heavy iron spokes wrapped in chains, his bulging Alpha muscles straining until the veins in his neck nearly burst, but the mechanism refused to turn even an inch. "It's jammed! We can't open the main reservoir exit from this side!""It's not just jammed with rust," Denzel said coldly, stepping up beside Marcus and examining the heavy iron housing. He pointed to a set of glowing, copper-wired runes and heavy pneumatic locks mounted flush against the stone wall above the wheel. "It's locked electronically. Look at the glyphs. It's tied directly to the academy’s central

Last Updated : 2026-08-08

20. Into the Heart of Darkness

The metal walls of the pressure pipe were icy against my elbows as we crawled on all fours, single line, into the suffocating dark.The air grew thick with decades of accumulated dust, rust, and the faint, sweet stench of ozone humming through the copper wiring tubes running alongside us. Every breath tasted like raw iron. Down below, the furious roars of Dareth’s mutated wolf gradually faded, replaced by the rhythmic, metallic echo of our own frantic breathing and the distant, low thrum of the academy's central power grid."Keep moving," Denzel’s voice echoed down the steel tube behind me, low and gravelly. "If we stop, we suffocate in this pipe."Directly ahead of me, Alexander moved with silent, fluid grace despite his broad frame. Every time the pipe sloped upward, his arm reached back instinctively, his large, calloused hand gripping mine to anchor me on the slick, angled metal. His touch was warm, a startling contrast to the freezing steel, and every time his fingers wrapped aro

Last Updated : 2026-08-09

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