Chapter 196 DANE 1/7 I sat in my cell , feeling the sick glow of its walls pulse in time with the pounding of my head .

Heavy , my limbs were dead , it was as if even my body was too much for me to handle , too much weight in the world .

Then the air changed .

Chilled and different , the weight of the Nameless filled the air .

He laughed low , and twisted my stomach .

Ah , Dane , his voice disturbed my ears .

Shall we begin ? I didnt answer .

My jaw was held tight , face fixed into the burning shadows in front of me .

Youve held up admirably , the Nameless went on , his voice showing mockery .

But no one resists me forever .

Lets see how far you can bend before you break .

It darkened and darkened , until it swallowed me whole .

And then , the memories started .

Memory One : The Day I Lost My Family I was back in the woods behind my childhood home .

Heavy smoke filled the air ; the sharp smell of burning wood and flesh Chapter 196 suffocating .

Dane ! my mothers voice came in panicked desperation .

2/7 I ran toward the sound because heavy legs , like moving through quicksand , flamed around me , the screams of my pack everywhere .

I found her at the edge of the clearing .

Her body was laying over my younger sister .

Soaked in blood her dress was covered and her breathing shallow .

Run , she whispered , eyes glassy yet fierce , Run , and dont look back .

Frozen , my heart pounding in my ears , I said , No , I can save you ! You cant , she said , her voice shattered .

Dane , please .

Protect her .

But before I even had time to move , the shadow creatures descended ripping through the scene with ruthless efficiency .

I screamed , but no sound came forth .

The memory dissolved , leaving me gasping in the present .

hands shook , fists clenched

failed them , the Nameless whispered , a voice of venom in

let them die

I shouted low and harsh and weak

The scene changed , shifting and I was on a cliff , moonlight casting long

before me , her

she whispered , her voice breaking

would never let anything

choice ! I screamed , my

choice , she said , and her voice was

choose

her

to her , but she was gone into the night , in

said

see you

willed myself to breathe , closing my eyes

,

This isnt real .

Three : The Children I was in the Broken Ridge packhouse

me , jumping

, holding my hands between their small palms

4477 I bent dowmandswept them into

felt so reall because of the waumithaand

Then , darkness .

screams as their small bodies were

! I roared after them

and their

fell onto my kness , weeping without control

either , the Nameless said with his tone filled with satisfaction

The Chains of the Nameless I could barely breathe before another memory came crashing down on

my past it

in the Namelesss lair , the chainssglowing bright

the ground , their

do you fight ? the Nameless asked ,

never win

vision blurred from tears , from exhaustion

have to , I

they Chapter 196 need me

voice was deep , a threatening sound that seemed to echo through the chamber

a pawn , he said

and broken

pawn .

will keep on chasing you , no im too

for the Nameless still laughed in my brain , a light shone faintly there in that part of the room , soft , hardly to

crawled there , every movement an

it shone brighter ; its warmth cut

ankles stirred and flared in a

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