The Professor’s Mate: The Moonborn Legacy
I screamed, the sound raw and echoing through the trees, body arching as invisible forces tore at me.
The spirits swarmed closer, forms multiplying into a horde of twisted wolves and decayed figures, their claws raking my arms and legs, drawing fresh blood that sizzled on the ground.
"Doubt feeds us," they chanted. "She never loved you truly, it was just a fleeting fancy. Now she chooses the one she was made for. Perverse, yes, but fate twists that way."
I thrashed against them, swinging fists that passed through mist only to connect with solid hits that jarred my bones. One spirit pinned my shoulder, its weight crushing, while another slashed my chest, fabric ripping as skin split open.