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 .

,

whispered , a voice of venom

let them

I shouted low and harsh and weak

Two : The Betrayal of Aurora 3/7 The scene changed , shifting and I was on a cliff , moonlight casting long shadows in the

stood before me , her eyes wide with betrayal

promised , she whispered

said you would never let

! I screamed ,

, she said , and

choose yourself

, her

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

? said the

see you are a failure

to breathe

, I muttered

This isnt real .

The Children I was in the Broken Ridge packhouse

to me , jumping from ear to

, holding my hands between their small

4477 I bent dowmandswept them into my embrace

of

Then , darkness .

their small bodies were pulled from

I roared after them

their wails went out of earshot

my kness , weeping without

the Nameless said with his tone filled with

could barely breathe before another memory came crashing down on

my past it was now

Namelesss lair , the chainssglowing bright against my skin

pressed me into the ground , their

asked , his shadowwylform growing

will never

looked up at him , my vision blurred from tears

I have to ,

Chapter 196 need

, a threatening sound

but a pawn , he

and broken

pawn .

i will keep on chasing you , no im too smart and omniscient for that Then

, a light shone faintly there in that part of

, every

and it shone brighter ; its warmth

and flared in a wild display of runes before dimming again as I approached it

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