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 ,

whispered , a voice of venom in my ear

let them die

! I shouted low and harsh and weak

shifting and I was on a cliff , moonlight casting long

her eyes wide

, she whispered

would never let anything hurt

choice ! I screamed , my voice shattering

a choice , she said , and her voice was as

choose

of truth , her words

out to her , but she was gone into the night , in darkness where no moon came

? said

she can see you are a failure

breathe , closing my

isnt real , I

This isnt real .

: The Children I was in the Broken Ridge packhouse , surrounded by laughing and gisting

twins ran up to me , jumping from ear to

! they chorused , holding my hands between their small palms

I bent dowmandswept them into

so reall because of

Then , darkness .

as their small bodies were pulled from my

! I roared after

enveloped them and their wails

onto my kness , weeping without

the Nameless said with his tone

of the Nameless I could barely breathe before

from my

the Namelesss lair , the chainssglowing bright against

of them pressed me into the ground , their

you fight ? the Nameless asked , his shadowwylform growing over me

will never

him , my vision blurred from tears ,

I have to , I

Chapter 196 need

, a threatening sound that seemed to echo through the

a pawn ,

and

pawn .

, no im too smart and omniscient for that Then something changed

had to be , for the Nameless still laughed in my brain , a light shone faintly there in that part

there , every movement

reached and it shone brighter ; its warmth cut through cold

and flared in a wild display of

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