Chapter 0773

Nina

The weathered old leader rushed to the unconscious man's side, cradling his sweat-drenched face in his calloused hands. For several agonizing heartbeats, the newly-cured man didn't move or make a sound.

Matt, Jessica, Lori and I stood off to the side, biting our lips. We watched silently, hoping that the antidote had worked properly this man wasn't a wolf shifter, after all. Perhaps the side effects were different than expected.

Just when I was starting to fear the worst, the man's eyelids fluttered open, his glassy eyes wandering the room before managing to settle on Kai.

"Wh-Who is this?" the man whispered, lifting his weak hand to touch Kai's face.

"It's me, Isaac. Your father." Kai took Isaac's hand and pressed it into his cheek, letting his fingers explore his face. Isaac, still blind, wandered his father's face before recognition took over him.

voice was a barely audible rasp, like rusty hinges creaking open on a weathered door. "What... what

you're alright, my boy," he murmured hoarsely. "You're safe now. Thanks to..." He paused, looking up at me with tears in his eyes." A

softly, reaching out to touch his arm. "My name is Nina. I gave you an antidote to pull you out

weakly. "I can feel the absence of

I looked over at Kai, and he nodded, encouraging me. "Isaac, I have to ask you," I said, " what happened? How did you wind up

all of us straining to catch

trapped," he muttered, his brow furrowing as he tried to recall everything. "In that body, that... animal. But now..." He lifted a trembling

wetly, smoothing back Isaac's damp hair. "Yes, son. You are yourself again, thanks to Nina. But now, you must tell her everything you

Then,

in the heart of the mountain, there are these... pools. It looks

off, his haunted gaze growing distant as he recalled whatever fresh hell he

then it gets worse," he continued in that same ragged murmur. "Seeping into your mind, your very bones, until your thoughts start to... twist. Fracture. Every breath is agony,

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