Sin Gri

tching his narrowing breath when he heard another sharp yell of an

the

ed witch slice his father's wolf form with a fiery long blade. The wolf was already w

ther. But his body was thrown back when a bolt

d another. The onslaught was relentless, numbing him to the pain. When the attack finally stopped, Knight s

, like lightning passing by and then gone. In the las

at his maximum speed and do everything he could to save

seemed to blur. He was a few moments away whe

eir Pack's Mindlink. "Protect the Night H

whispered. Knight halted, gasping,

the nightmarish sight. The A

She leapt, turning into her wolf form mid-air. Her fangs eme

paw. But before she could touch one of the witches, h

to the night as dark smoke enveloped her motionles

night, and their eerie laughter echoed until

beings paint his hom

n, surging from within. It was as if something contained was abo

, sharp claws. His bones seemed to shatter and reform. His muscles s

venge. D

taste of terror. With blinding speed, he soared into

ey began murmuring, gesturing with their

round that suddenly turned into bubbling lava. He ducked when co

right and left, as if he could foresee what came next, esca

witches' faces overhead. He sa

them a chance

tches fell to the

eam crept into his very soul. He saw his mother's once-lovely face. His body w

omposed himself and ran on all fours, reaching for his mother. But

et. It crawled up her thigh like a snake, embracing her c

was gone. His mother was gone. He suddenly felt an indescribable emptines

The soft giggles of the witch awakened Knight from his grief. Wi

too furious to think, he slammed everyone along his way. He dragged do

hes of his mother. There was nothing compared to the one he fe

ntly prayed for a miracle.

estroy, no one to direct his anger toward. His primal instinct s

had been observing the gruesome scene from

ving at him as the morning breeze carried them away

g in his back. He opened his eyes, but a

re

a chore, the thin air draggi

is wrists, rattling as he tried to sit up. They

ave changed

t. Nothing had changed. Hunger and thirst were

's final

from the very first time he woke up her

vy squeaked. The orange light flooded the darkness slo

t Howler?" asked a

they had asked him this. He did not know how man

d him, he gave the same exact answe

in

ler?" she repeated, he

s answer ne

felt like forever, though it must

to have lost her remaining patience. "If you do not

. When the witch asked him once m

ration almost leaping out of her mouth. B

a language Knight did not understand, hissing. Then

t. It was a prickling sting at first, tickling

ell, eh?" The witch's laugh went straigh

hat same sinister laughter. He lost everything he once h

th

orred their kind. He vowed that once he finally got out of here, and even if he died h

o matter the cost or means. But how was he supposed t

due to the pain consuming him entirely, but because he felt

hough it was quite impossible. He thought he could do it. But then the days passe

now what to do anymore. He did not want to give up, but everything inside him screamed for the relief of dea

ard

ing masks emerged from th

cond and third times, until countless times. But soon, Knight stopp

aining energy to use it to escape. But then, who wa

k, too lonely, to even have the willingness to fight and save himself. A

erever he was, he would certainly abandon Knight. He wa

ad been here countless times and long enough not to be surpri

misfortune. He had not actually seen so many wit

sense his surroundings. But he could not identify any presen

here. He found it peculiar not to feel any Life Essen

verheard a conversation between two guards. That was

ted its expansive lands. It was the Unknown Wilderness of the world

sickest and most ruthless. This was the Hell of the Living, not merely a

d up dying unimaginable deaths. And Knigh

h was unknown, but its height was twice that of K

Knight stumbled, too weak to walk. He fell, collid

e area. Knight attempted to st

rvened. "We need him inside. Just

own and locked his chain

find and retrieve the Night Howler, which he had hidden

heir Pack's home, even before she was found. Once their bond was sealed, that

aling, but his energy was not enough to suppress the pain. It hurt so mu

He did not want any of them to hear

ching him, but he found himself alone. His lower back cracked, and

ction of a second. It came to a point where Knight would knock himsel

erything was too much. His sight, his heari

ctice more, train severely, impress his father, protect his pack, find his M

He could not even have his wolf. His wolf was supposed to show up on his sixteenth birthday, at full moon. But ho

y relief. Suddenly, out of nowhere, his nose caught a scent-overwhelming, fleeting,