The Black Wolf
I stood before the mirror, trembling.
“Come out!” I screamed. My voice cracked. “Come out, damn you!”
But there was no answer.
“You're supposed to be my wolf companion! My protector! How could you, how could you kill him?” My breath came in ragged sobs. “You monster… You coward! Show yourself!”
My wolf didn’t speak. It was like she’d buried herself deep inside me, ashamed, or worse… indifferent.
I collapsed to the floor, broken and breathless, tears searing down my cheeks. I curled into myself, praying that this was all a nightmare, that I’d wake up and find my father humming in the kitchen, that the arena had never happened, that my wolf had never emerged.
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