There was smoke everywhere.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ozJgVnFBu
Soldiers were crying out—yelping in agony. Understandable.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJ68P962co
Some had lost their arms, others their legs—and some even both.
Only Nicole had been fast enough to react.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZPWbETkhs
Yet even she wasn’t without injury.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4VRez4TJA
She touched her chest—blood seeped from the wound and dripped to the ground.
She had already been in bad shape, but now... she was truly done for.
The commander still hovered in the air above them, watching like a predator.
Nicole struggled to her feet and staggered toward a wounded soldier.
‘Can you stand up?’ she asked.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwYnqhVdFb
The soldier nodded—his arm was gone, but he could move. Still, tears streamed down his face.
‘What happened to our commander? What happened to him? Daaamnn!’
Suddenly, something caught the commander’s attention.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFP7eAfrLI
Without a word, he turned and flew away.
The group felt a rush of relief—momentary delight.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpinWiC6db
But they knew he’d be back.
He was a predator.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalsJJ99IDK
And the way he had looked at them… he enjoyed the hunt. That much was certain.
Still, with him gone, they could finally breathe.
‘He’s become a beast,’ Nicole whispered, her voice cracking as her tears threatened to return.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2lIt6DIsX
‘He’s turned into a beast… and this time, for good.’
In the City
Sark and the others had no better plan than to follow the women.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0f3TyqjL6
Returning to the forest wasn’t an option—not with the pressure and the lights emanating from there.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6ZNTNMkuL
People were fighting.
At the front, Jessie and Larah suddenly stopped.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpJkbN20um
They all ducked behind a truck, observing the incoming army of ghouls.
Leading them was a light priest.
‘What do we do now?’ one of the soldiers asked.
‘We capture that bastard and force the information out of them,’ Larah declared.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8bCVU83Fg
‘Aren’t you soldiers of the Special Forces—Alpha and Beta?64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOdu5rkxMp
How come you're more scared than me?’
The soldiers remained silent.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tVcqv8e49
Larah ignored the side-eyes Sark was giving her.
She stepped out from behind the truck. Her walk turned to a jog—and then to a sprint.
The priest spotted her and bellowed:64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVsiSAG5RY
‘Attack!’
The ghouls charged.
Larah tightened her grip on her weapon and leapt over some of them.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SfIBHKdDs
She landed in their midst and started cutting down everything in her path.
She didn’t differentiate.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPywKbS5iH
If it moved, it was the enemy. If it was alive, it had to be cut.
As she sliced, she bathed in blood—hers and theirs.
‘She’s totally snapped!’ Sark grunted.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHo0GjvER7B
‘Let’s go!’
The rest joined the battle.
Jessie fought her way toward the priest, who was clearly stunned that she had gotten so far.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70K6Rm8XAG
Even more shocking was Larah suddenly appearing behind him.
The priest pulled back their hood, revealing long blonde hair—64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3uMisOGjB
and eyes that shimmered gold and white.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0zgGK7Iqm
A woman.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPndTTJiGK
An immune one.
‘I can feel it! You two are crazy!64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbgnmOfT4u
Well, I’m crazy myself—hahahah!’
In the Forest
Nicole had placed the wounded soldiers beneath a tree, giving them something to lean against.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UAMHT7X0p
They had lost their light, their hope.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93wWevgcfX
They were waiting for death.
One of them had already passed—his body completely drained of blood.
‘What’s the plan, Nicole?’ one soldier asked.
‘I—I don’t know! I’m sorry! I don’t know! I—fuck!’
‘Drink our blood,’ the same soldier suggested.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4L5FGkqEX
‘We’re already dead men. But you—you can still save the others.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYTXPLvKmM
And the commander—he’s wounded.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMdAawN7Qt
If you drink our blood, you might be able to defeat him!’
‘You mean kill him,’ Nicole corrected.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLOdRsze9T
‘You want me to kill our commander?’
‘Yes. I do.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvpl94GjPD
He’s not our commander anymore—he’s an enemy.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLbqAwzcEB
And you’re the only one who can stop him.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YLladFkTo
I can feel it—my body is reacting to something... something dangerous.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPet1OS61A7
He’s coming. So what will you do?64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaz6kijHvb
Die with us—or fight for us?’
The other soldiers said nothing.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjzZp5OVxz
But their silence was not hesitation—it was unity.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BUBOKdC30
Their faces all said the same thing:64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOPFgStLXh
We’re ready.
Nicole had to decide.
She rose, stepping back.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWonDmGu3Sv
Shaking her head.
‘First I lose the commander… and now I must kill my own men. I can’t—’
‘Get a grip, Nicole!’ one soldier shouted.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmgNqQT0K9
‘You’re our commander now! We serve you!64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcJxLIL1Dk
And we will gladly lay down our lives if it helps you.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVapZSDjgOe
So, Commander—what are your orders?’
Tears spilled down her face.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89Suo3Om43
Nicole gave her order.
‘Die… for me.’
‘Yes, Commander!’ they all replied.
Suddenly, blood left their bodies—64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFvOxxPf7C
and Nicole’s skin absorbed it.
Her wounds healed.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNRnbuuruy
Her strength returned.
Just in time.
Because the commander had returned.
He approached slowly.
‘You’ve come back… to be hunted like a beast,’ he said with a groan.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdXDWpR4DE
‘You’ve even lost the ability to speak.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Nqpi3a25a
Let me end your suffering… my love.’
Somewhere in the Forest
Seraphina finally woke up.
‘Damn… that was a strong woman!’
She gasped for air and crawled toward a tree, leaning against it for support.
‘Guys… where are you?64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUlzfPqNcl
Shit’s about to get real here…’64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPD40SgHRu
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