The Bear's Revenge
His claws slid free, fur rippling beneath his skin as his body prepared for violence.
Whatever this was, it wasn’t human.
And it wasn’t one of Hale’s Hunters.
The shape shifted again, dragging itself into a pool of weak, reflected light.
Metal threaded through flesh.
Not machinery bolted on, but grown in—ribs reinforced, spine braced by steel braces embedded deep into muscle. A face turned toward them, blank and unfinished, eyes reflecting nothing.
A construct.
A survivor.
Or something built from both.
Kiera’s breath caught.
“I remember this,” she sent, horror flooding the bond. “They sent it after the ones who fought back. To collect what was left.”
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