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273. Escape Myself
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2024-10-29 19:42:56~ CASIMIR ~
When the night gave way to morning and my tears had finally dried, the humming energy inside me did not. I’d fled the catacombs—wary of my vow to Maya, but so desperate to escape the weight and darkness that I’d been living in for so long it was suddenly necessary to see the sun.
I would die if I didn’t.
So I fled, praying, and the moment I met the eastern tunnel that led to the surface, I turned and took it, vowing that I wouldn’t do more than hide myself under the trees so that I could breathe.
I had to move.
I had to think.
I had to
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Slave to the Wolf King 274. Why Are Men Like This?
~ JESSE ~It had been hours since I’d stopped running. But I hadn’t stopped walking yet. And I wouldn’t. I didn’t care how long it took to get back to the wolves. Because every step I took, the power got stronger, and I was growing more and more afraid of what I might do if I didn’t get some help.I could barely feel my skin. I should have been sweating. Should have been growing more and more tired. But, instead of being burned by the sun, it seemed like I… absorbed it. And it just gave me more.My existence swelled with power. I was still trembling. Still fighting a battle at every moment not to simply explode with it. But I knew… I knew I had to get back to Cazz. To the wolves. To the Catacombs. Something… someone
Slave to the Wolf King 275. New War
~ JESSE ~The strange man’s eyes went wide, then rolled back in his head. The truck lurched, then roared forward, then he slumped and his foot must have slid off the clutch because the truck jerked to a halt so hard I was thrown forward and slammed into the dashboard. Luckily I got my arms up in time to catch myself—but my forearms were bruised.When the truck stalled, we were sitting there in near silence, him slumped over the wheel, staring at me with glazed eyes.I started to cry… but there was nothing else I could do.“Take me back… back to that little road that winds up the mountain—”“We already on it,” he mumbled, his eyes still unblinking.
Slave to the Wolf King 276. Time to Listen
~ CASIMIR ~I found myself laying in the grass of the clearing where I’d brought Jesse. I wasn’t sure how I’d gotten here—in my wolf?—but when I sat up I felt… strange.My body felt shaky, but under my skin. Like I’d spent every ounce of energy I had.Yet, for the first time I could remember I was oddly calm. And right alongside the bond in my chest—that brittle, cold thread that still connected me to Jesse—was a tiny ball of warmth.Hope.For the first time in a very, very long time, I had hope.I began to smile until my traitorous mind immediately began to ask all the questions—how I would ever make it
Slave to the Wolf King 277. Look Me in the Eye
~ CASIMIR ~I beat Rake to the truck and had to stifle a petty kind of triumph in that ridiculous moment. I was already dressed in some of the extra clothes when I felt him draw near.Then the bushes to my right parted and a silver-white wolf, head high and eyes dark, crept into the space around the shed.That rush of jealousy and fear—had he betrayed me?—washed over me again. But…Be what you wish others would be to you.I made myself swallow it back and wait. I tossed a set of clothes on the ground in front of him, and waited while he shifted and dressed.He wouldn’t meet my eyes.Then, when he was dre
Slave to the Wolf King 278. Surprise
~ JESSE ~It was hours later when, dirty and exhausted from fighting the power, I almost cried with relief when I found the cabin.The light was beginning to fade. I was stumbling with weariness. I’d been following an instinct I wasn’t even sure was real—and almost decided that I was losing my mind.But then, suddenly, the treeline broke open a little to the twilight sky, and there it was, the cabin Rake had told me was out here. And now that I was here, I had my bearings—because the mountain peak could be seen even in the dark—which meant I could get back. I could actually get back to the caves.Almost crying with relief, I hurried towards the building, bu
Slave to the Wolf King 279. Pray
~ JESSE ~If you just kill them all, you’d be no better than Cazz.The thought stopped me cold. For a second I wondered if I was going mad—I didn’t know that voice.Except I did.And even though I knew that voice was right, I still wanted to kill him.But I’d hesitated and my brother was on guard again and now it was too late. I had waited too long. Lost my window.My unsmiling brother’s eyes were locked on mine as he tipped his head towards the driver’s door of the vehicle.“Get in, Jesse.”I grit my teeth. “What
Slave to the Wolf King 280. Rescue Me
~ JESSE ~I pressed my foot down on the accelerator and the SUV revved high and rocked, but didn’t budge.Perfect.“Fucking idiot!” my brother barked. But he didn’t take that gun off me. “Go check it,” he snapped at the guys in the back.They muttered, but pushed out of the car.I leaned back against the back of my seat, trying to relax my shoulders because my entire body hummed with tension as the power tried to shove out of me and I grappled frantically to keep it contained.At this point I was terrified I’d kill myself if I let it go.
Slave to the Wolf King 281. Found
~ CASIMIR ~‘CAZZ, PLEASE! I NEED YOUR HELP.’I was just about to step into the caves when Jesse’s voice rang in the bond—echoing and thin like it swam at me down a long tunnel. But there. And frantic.I froze, grabbing Rake’s arm. He whirled to look at me, but I was already turning away.“Jesse,” I hissed, before shifting and beginning to run, Rake on my heels.I tried to reach her, tried to call for her, begging her to tell me where she was, but it was as if she’d sent that single, lone call, then cut herself off completely.‘What’s going on, Cazz? Wher
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~ JESSE (Hours later) ~My dreams were disturbing—my body in pain, screams of terror, darkness, the floor shaking, the mountain falling, humans fleeing and wolves…I tried to break free, tried desperately to open my eyes and to speak, because I knew I was asleep. But all I did was fade… in and out. The nightmares, or nothing.And through it all, his voice.“Heal… live.”My heart ached. My body hurt. My chest didn’t want to expand. It was as if my flesh fought his words, and I didn’t understand.But finally, the dreams faded and I could hear a heartbeat. Little, and quick. And feel warm flesh. And the breath of my m
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~ CASIMIR ~I felt the moment the power went out of Jesse. The entire mountain felt it.I howled with triumph and shifted, sprinting towards the room, ecstatic when there was no sense of Maya gripping my mind or stealing anything from me. But of course, there was no power left for her to steal.I prayed and pleaded and ran, Rory and the others coming in my wake. And the moment I broke through that door in my wolf—the only power left to me anymore—everything slowed. Though my body whipped and my mind was singularly focused, it was as if everything happened in slow motion.I caught a bare glimpse of Jesse on the bed, and at first my heart leaped. She was moving, awake, aware,
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