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What’s Going On Inside

Author: Bunmi
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-12 13:35:45

Amber’s POV

I could still hear the growl long after Mallory was gone.

The animalistic warning sound rang in my ears like a bell, reminding me over and over again of the beast I was. How dangerous I could be if they let me. It did not matter that Mallory was choking someone I cared about.

My mind blanked for a second. When did I start thinking about Yeti as someone I cared about? Both Yeti and Janine were staring at me.

Something inside me had snapped because of Yeti, and I hated to think what I would have done if it were Janine in those shoes.

I felt… different. I had no idea what had happened, but I knew something was changing within me. Not in a dramatic, world-shattering way, but still it unsettled me.

It was as if someone had unlocked a door inside me that I had no idea was bottled shut.

And something dangerous was slipping out.

A slow, gnawing horror crept up my chest. My ears rang. My fingers curled into the sheets. An awful pressure built inside me, filling my insid
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