Killing the Wolfless Alpha

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villagers echoed through

chaos unfolding before my eyes. What was happening? I won

me, only to be greeted by a deafening gunshot that reverberated through

ngs into a horrifying scene of violence. Panic consumed the villagers as they frantically fled, their desperate cries permeating

brother close. The fear in his voice was palpable as he shouted, "We need to run!" But my innocent five-year-old

k of gunshots shattered the air once more. Two lives abruptly extinguished, their

ror before me. My brother and I locked eyes, both of us overcome with sorrow. Tears streamed dow

!" I cried out, my voice barely audi

ropelled me towards him. Though his features remained indiscernible, I could sense his toweri

d, clutching his hand with all the d

is lips as he softly uttere

the air. Panic surged within me, for I believed it was my turn to meet the same fate. If I was to die, I wished for a moment to say my final prayers, to seek justice for m

ing through flesh reached my ears, but it wasn't my body that it found. Miraculously, I remained aliv

to, the one who had stood between me and the bullet. I wipe

y voice filled with a mi

m please

ill you do

t save my bro

oke"Sleep" and I succumbed to the darkness that en

re my mind's eye. The tragic events that had unfolded moments ago replayed in my thoughts, bringing forth a su

My eyelids fluttered open, revealing a world that felt both familiar and foreign. Blinki

ily to my feet. My surroundings revealed a dilapidated shelter, its walls adorned with patches of peeling paint and memorie

arrowing tragedy that had ripped apart our lives... The pain of loss mingled with the fervent hope that my bro

heal properly, or else you won't be of any use

tter, my voice laced w

hat slow-witted brother of yours," my aunt

ng my brother. My aunt's cruelty knew no bounds. She provided me with meager rations of food, barely enough to sustain my weak

y body gradually healed, my brother managed to sneak into the room where I was confine

ust to see you," he cried, his tears mingl

loomed, casting a shadow of cruelty over our moment of so

niel?" she sneered, her eyes

iel stuttered, his voi

a resounding slap. The force of the blow sent him tumbling to

ut you will have to endure starvation," she declared wi

poken understanding passing between us. We were alone, trapped in a web of c