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

failed them , the Nameless whispered , a voice of

let them die

I shouted low and harsh

, shifting and I was on a cliff , moonlight

stood before me , her

, she whispered , her voice breaking

would never let anything hurt

had no choice ! I screamed ,

had a choice , she said , and her

you choose yourself

the weight of truth , her words

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

? said

can see you are a failure

to breathe

real , I muttered

This isnt real .

I was in the Broken Ridge packhouse , surrounded by laughing and

me , jumping from ear

my hands between

dowmandswept

of the

Then , darkness .

turned into screams as their small bodies were pulled from

roared after them

them and their wails went out

kness , weeping without control

them either , the Nameless

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

my past it was

,

into the ground , their energy sapping every ounce of strength that

do you fight ? the Nameless asked , his

will never

my vision blurred from tears , from exhaustion

I have to ,

196 need

was deep , a threatening sound that seemed

a pawn , he said

weak and broken

pawn .

i will keep on chasing you , no im too smart and

, a light shone faintly there in that part of the room , soft , hardly to be discerned , yet an

crawled there , every movement an effort

reached and it shone brighter ; its warmth cut

in a wild display

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