The Last Howl
The radio sat silent on the desk, a small black square of metal that had effectively shattered whatever fragile peace we had managed to scrape together since escaping the Keep.
Is this really how it ends? I thought, wrapping my arms around myself as a sudden chill ran down my spine. We survived the bloodbath at the academy. We ran through miles of monster-infested woods. We bled, we hid, we pushed past our breaking points, to sit in a nameless cottage and wait for the world to rot around us?