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It hadn't been easy

Author: Night Walker
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-21 20:39:59
« CLARA »

It’s been two weeks since I was banished from the Dark Howl Pack.

Lost, hungry, and broken, life in the Outlands has been nothing but a harsh struggle. Each day fades away into the next as I search for a way to survive, with no pack willing to take me in.

Each pack terrority I come across, would either throw objects at me, cursing me, and wishing me death.

I am tired, worn down by it all.

At a point, I feel like committing suicide.

My once-delicate frame is now covered by mud, bruises, and scars, each one a testament to the rogues I have faced in recent weeks. I fought them with nothing but my bare hands, and it is truly a miracle that I am still alive, breathing. My hair is a tangled mess, dirty and unkempt, even a bird nest is better.

I was tired of everything, hunger has become my constant compassion, gnawing at my insides like a ravenous beast. Food is scarce. The few fruits I manage to find hardly keep me going, and the nights are the hardest, cold, lon
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