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 .

, fists clenched

, the Nameless whispered , a voice of venom in my

let them die

up ! I shouted low and harsh

Aurora 3/7 The scene changed , shifting and I

stood before me , her eyes wide with betrayal

whispered , her

said you would never let anything

had no choice ! I screamed , my voice

had a choice , she said , and her voice was as cold

you choose yourself

her words fell hard

her , but she was gone into the night , in darkness where no

? said

she can see you are a

myself to breathe , closing

, I

This isnt real .

was in the Broken

me , jumping from ear to

my

I bent dowmandswept

of the waumithaand their laughter

Then , darkness .

turned into screams as their small bodies were

roared after

shadows enveloped them and their wails went

onto my kness , weeping without

save them either , the Nameless said

Chains of the Nameless I could barely breathe before another memory came crashing down on me This was another memory

been from my

in the Namelesss lair , the chainssglowing bright against my

weight of them pressed me into the ground , their

fight ? the Nameless asked , his shadowwylform

never

at him , my vision blurred from tears , from

I have to , I whispered

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

nothing but a pawn ,

weak and broken

pawn .

im too smart and omniscient for that Then something

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

crawled there , every movement

and it shone brighter ; its warmth cut through cold

ankles stirred and flared in a wild display

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