SAVED BY ONE, BROKEN BY ANOTHER.

sing second. The campfire flickered weakly, its orange light battling the shadows that thickened around her like a slow, creeping fog.

gnal. No work. No expectations. Just her, Milo, and the whisper of the trees. But the silenc

through Milo's fur

lked away, he spat poison at her back"You'll never make it on your own. You're nothing without me." That same night, she f

napped her fro

in his throat, eyes locked on the

Milo?" she

bolted into

anic slamming into her

r boots pounded against the earth as she ra

through the trees

le

. Not a bark

m..No..

sn't animal either. It

her lungs burning, tears stinging her eyes.

mall clearing..and

she wh

So much

black fur matted with crimson.

through the trees. "Milo

im, sobbing uncontrollably. "I

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ed up..a

Huge. Black. Its eyes burned like coals. Muscles rippled

, crawling backward.

lun

ring her face with

reached her.

lv

owed was chaos. A violent blur of fangs, claws, and furious roars. The silver one was lar

ds. Like monsters b

heart slammed against her ribs. She couldn't b

ed. "What is happeni

shoulder, and the monster let out a horrid scre

't chase. It turned

"No, please..... pl

hers. There was something intellig

ick, flung it with shak

ed harmlessly o

narl. It di

r shoulder with terrifying strength..but no pain. Its breath misted in the cold air

a sharp

ried out, l

ed across her arm..clean, del

he creature stepped back... and va

colla

into a corner like a wounded animal. Her body shook unco

er face. "I should've protected you. I shouldn't hav

collar the one she had taken off his li

king back and forth. "Please wake

it w

s final cry. Every snap of a twig made h

uldn't

dn't sto

he growls, the fight, the s

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it