Chapter 42

Chapter Forty Two

I didn't know when exhaustion had overtaken me, but I must have fallen asleep amidst the comforting scent of Mariah. The weight of grief was too heavy, and sleep had claimed her as an escape,

When I woke, the room was shrouded in an unnatural stillness. A coll draft brushed over my skin, and I realized I wasn't alone.

I turned my head, and there, sitting on the edge of the bed, was Mariah.

But it wasn't the Mariah I remembered.

Her clothes were torn and bloodied, her chest grotesquely ripped open as though her heart had been torn from her body. Blood smeared her face, and her once gentle eyes were clouded over, lifeless.

“Mariah?” I whispered, my voice trembling. I sat up, reaching out tentatively, my fingers shaking.

strange, sorrowful smile. "You let me die, Stormi," she said, her voice a

vehemently. "No, Mariah, I'm so sorry Please forgive me. I didn't

darker. "Now You have

tears streaming down my face. "Please, Mariah.

unnaturally. She threw her head back, letting out

It wasn't Mariah's laugh.

was the same malevolent laugh I had heard

writhe, coiling

its red eyes glowing like embers

its maw stretching

want, silver wolf," it hissed, its voice a sinister blend of whispers and growls. "You cannot

engulfing me in its cold, suffocating darkness.I screamed as I woke, my body trembling violently. I thrashed against an unseen force, my cries

"Stormi! Stormi, wake up!"

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