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.

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

shaking my head vehemently. "No, Mariah, I'm so sorry Please forgive me. I

something colder, darker. "Now You have no one, Stormi. No

pleaded, tears streaming down my

form distorting unnaturally. She threw her head

It wasn't Mariah's laugh.

was the same malevolent laugh I had heard in the

to shift and writhe, coiling around Mariah like living tendrils. Suddenly, her body was swallowed

It loomed over me, its red

maw stretching wide

silver wolf," it hissed, its voice a sinister blend of whispers and growls.

suffocating darkness.I screamed as I woke, my body trembling violently. I

"Stormi! Stormi, wake up!"

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