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.

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

now is that you're alright, my boy," he murmured hoarsely. "You're safe now. Thanks to..." He paused, looking

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

the absence of my panther. But it's better this

Kai, and he nodded, encouraging me. "Isaac, I have

crowded around, all of us straining to catch Isaac's next words as he blinked owlishly with unseeing

muttered, his brow furrowing as he tried to recall everything. "In that body, that... animal. But

Nina. But now, you must tell her everything you remember

glazed and vacant. Then, a tremor seemed to pass through him, and

sudden rush. "Deep in the heart of the mountain, there are these... pools. It looks like water, but it's not. And the steam... At first it's not

fresh hell he had endured. I felt a chill run down my

"Seeping into your mind, your very bones, until your thoughts start to... twist. Fracture. Every breath

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