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64.Escape

Author: Babzie
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-28 20:49:14

--Cassie--

It had been almost impossible to measure how long I’d been trapped in this torment. Time seemed meaningless. My thoughts, like restless shadows, darted from one corner of my mind to another, relentless and unforgiving. I hadn't been able to close my eyes for more than a fleeting moment. Fear consumed me, an insatiable void devouring every shred of reason. My very existence felt as though it hung by a frayed thread, on the verge of snapping under the weight of uncertainty.

The room was deathly quiet. No sound reached my ears apart from the steady rhythm of my breathing. Yet even that felt too loud, a betrayal in a space that demanded utter silence. The air was thick, oppressive, and seemed to amplify the unease that coiled around me like a serpent.

My mind circled back to them—the werewolves. The betrayal was a wound that refused to heal, festering in my chest like a dark curse. Did my father know about it? He couldn’t have. Surely, if he were one of them, I would have known
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