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Chapter Seventeen: Caught

Author: FossilFlame
last update Last Updated: 2022-06-02 22:32:25

It went against all of my better judgment, but I couldn't bring myself to harm the pure wolf. Its eyes were staring up at me with a soft intelligence, and something about the innocent gloss I saw struck a chord in me.

The large wolf was still so close, the hot pants of its breath making it hard to even wince.

So, I stayed deathly still.

Back in the Copse pack, I had always had a problem with animals. Call me a rabbit dressed as a wolf, but I struggled to learn how to hunt them. It was odd as my very nature was a predator, but something about hunting those who did nothing wrong unsettled me. My father had no such issue. Back when I was young, he'd snap a bunny's neck right in front of me if I didn't shoot it. My hunting abilities had been learned, drilled into me from my desire to end the pointless suffering.

That's why when given the choice, I didn't like to kill.

As I stared into those charcoal black eyes, my very nature fought to find another way out of the situatio
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Sarah Winekoff
I can’t get a enough of this story, every chapter I read has me wanting to learn more!!! Love it!!
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shaunahammer
It’s a decent story, overall, but lacks a lot of detail. It’s hard to imagine the surroundings so that makes it hard to picture everything. I don’t really have an idea of what the characters look like and the only emotions that seem expressed are anger and fear.
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shaunahammer
Why would someone else’s voice stick in her throat? That doesn’t make any sense. It would be clearer if it was ‘stuck in my head’ as a memory usually is.
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