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 .

shook ,

, a voice of venom

them die

shouted low and harsh and

Two : The Betrayal of Aurora 3/7 The scene changed , shifting and I was on a cliff

me , her

promised , she whispered , her

would never let anything hurt me

! I

and her voice was as cold

choose yourself

of truth , her words fell hard against my chest

but she was gone into the

? said

can see you are a failure

willed myself to breathe , closing

,

This isnt real .

Broken Ridge packhouse , surrounded

ran up to me ,

holding my hands between

4477 I bent dowmandswept them into my

because of

Then , darkness .

small bodies were pulled from my

roared after

their

onto my kness ,

the Nameless said with his tone filled

I could barely breathe before another memory came

hadnt been from my past it was

Namelesss lair , the

into the ground , their energy sapping

asked ,

never

looked up at him , my vision blurred from tears ,

to , I

196 need me

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

pawn ,

weak and

pawn .

on chasing you , no im too smart and omniscient for that

And so it had to be , for the Nameless still laughed in my brain , a light shone faintly there in that part of the room ,

crawled there , every movement an effort

reached and it shone brighter ; its warmth cut

and ankles stirred and flared in a wild display of runes before

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