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"Eleanor Malone, stop pretending to be dead! Get up!" Frank Martin shouted.Everyone in the climbing group was a friend of Henry, Henry Malone. Frank, who was closest to Henry, was kicking my shoulder. "Do you think lying in the mud and pretending to faint will make Henry carry you home like he used to? Stop being so dumb!"The force of his kick sent my body rolling a few feet forward. My face turned pale.The werewolves around us immediately burst into laughter."Oh my God, she's even holding her breath! She's acting way too well! If I didn't know werewolves couldn't possibly be this weak, I'd almost believe her!" someone exclaimed.Someone else took the opportunity to mock me even further."I bet she's just trying to slack off. She was dragging her feet the entire way up the slope. Henry is the strongest warrior in our pack. How could he have a biological sister who's this weak?"Ella is so much better. Even without sharing the same bloodline, she's a hundred times stronger th

Watching this unfold, I suddenly felt like crying.I was covered in blood. How much pain must I have been in?When I had first returned home, even if I accidentally scraped my knee, Henry would carefully bandage the wound himself. He'd said he couldn't bear to see me hurt even a little.But now, he could watch me break my leg right before his eyes without lifting a finger to help.I frantically floated around them. I demanded to know why they wouldn't take a closer look at me.If only one of them noticed how stiff my body was, or saw the stark white bone protruding from my broken leg, they would realize I wasn't pretending.But no one could hear my voice, and no one would believe me.As we remained locked in this standoff, a deafening clap of thunder suddenly echoed across the sky.The wind howled, and the sky turned dark. There was going to be a downpour soon.The soil beneath their feet began to loosen, and everyone's expression changed.Frank pointed at the distant mountai

Henry's eyes went wide, and he staggered backward. "Her corpse? That's impossible!"The captain bared his hand to reveal an identification tag. "We found this on the corpse. Eleanor's name is written on it. Don't you recognize it?"Henry's eyes welled up with tears. Although he desperately refused to believe it, his body began trembling uncontrollably."Eleanor is my sister. How could she possibly be dead? The landslide hadn't even happened when we evacuated. She had a full set of emergency supplies, so she must have escaped long ago. Did you maybe identify the wrong person?"Ella emerged from behind Henry and chipped in with a shrill voice. "Exactly! You've all been fooled! Eleanor is good at scheming. She must have been afraid Henry would discover she'd sneaked away and punish her."That's why she deliberately planted her identification tag on some unidentified shewolf's body. That way, you'd come here and intimidate us! You have all been manipulated by her!"The captain's expr

Those words made Henry collapse to his knees.A scene suddenly flashed through his mind.On the mountain, I had been lying on the ground while desperately stretching out my hand toward the backpack filled with medication.Ella had kicked the backpack away. She even ran over to Henry to take credit for it.He had watched coldly from the sidelines. His face was full of disgust as he forced me to get up even as I struggled to breathe. He stood there and watched as I closed my eyes for the last time.Henry suddenly turned around. His eyes were bloodshot. "Ella!"As his wolf spirit let out a furious, uncontrollable roar, his wolf ears and tail emerged.He lunged at Ella, tackled her to the ground, and clamped both hands around her throat. "It was you! You kicked her backpack away! You stopped me from saving her! This is all your fault!"Ella's mouth was wide open as she struggled to breathe. She frantically pounded at Henry's arms.When she saw the murderous intent in his eyes, she

After the trial, snow began falling from the sky and blanketed everything in white.Henry, who had thin clothing on, stumbled through the biting wind and climbed back up the mountain to the gorge where our lives had been separated by my death.He threw himself onto the snow-covered ground and frantically began digging.His bare hands turned purple and cracked from the cold, but he seemed completely oblivious to the pain.At last, after digging for what felt like an eternity, he found the backpack that had been kicked away.He immediately reached inside and pulled out the bottle of asthma medication that no longer had any use."Eleanor. I found it. The medicine is right here."As if holding a priceless treasure, he carefully pressed the bottle against his chest and burst into tears."Please come back. I'll never force you to become stronger again. Eleanor! Please just take one puff of your medicine! Open your eyes and look at me!"His anguished cries echoed through the empty go