There was smoke everywhere.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehLGL6SZfq
Soldiers were crying out—yelping in agony. Understandable.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYjpprUoPx
Some had lost their arms, others their legs—and some even both.
Only Nicole had been fast enough to react.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhhkoNTijj
Yet even she wasn’t without injury.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kxeQJeCNa
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xGDyvmjxX
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJuTOjrTHy
Without a word, he turned and flew away.
The group felt a rush of relief—momentary delight.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijLh7wHylT
But they knew he’d be back.
He was a predator.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHduGi5ICu
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoVIrM2lzr
‘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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHkwTmdFSD
Returning to the forest wasn’t an option—not with the pressure and the lights emanating from there.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSXf33cZEN
People were fighting.
At the front, Jessie and Larah suddenly stopped.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiA85E06ZKb
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdFqHBg2Fm
‘Aren’t you soldiers of the Special Forces—Alpha and Beta?69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tdqe20HDa
How come you're more scared than me?’
The soldiers remained silent.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiRxlKCh1n
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:69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOFHDF778W
‘Attack!’
The ghouls charged.
Larah tightened her grip on her weapon and leapt over some of them.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEXpF2i8qA
She landed in their midst and started cutting down everything in her path.
She didn’t differentiate.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEjt7nOIkd
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteSDC7f1J1
‘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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4U7u1wp0ij
Even more shocking was Larah suddenly appearing behind him.
The priest pulled back their hood, revealing long blonde hair—69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK2kkBD3v9
and eyes that shimmered gold and white.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuIvrfENJd
A woman.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0Ai1xjNPY
An immune one.
‘I can feel it! You two are crazy!69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNQEDfnHNq
Well, I’m crazy myself—hahahah!’
In the Forest
Nicole had placed the wounded soldiers beneath a tree, giving them something to lean against.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGxAfKQeJg
They had lost their light, their hope.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzqf63MzkZ
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyR2A1sP4xG
‘We’re already dead men. But you—you can still save the others.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGEGS4MHJ4
And the commander—he’s wounded.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZdLQ0KzDm
If you drink our blood, you might be able to defeat him!’
‘You mean kill him,’ Nicole corrected.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfn93eCs4U
‘You want me to kill our commander?’
‘Yes. I do.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnMBWdlsa2
He’s not our commander anymore—he’s an enemy.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaW9M4eWeS
And you’re the only one who can stop him.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDG5cDSCDxp
I can feel it—my body is reacting to something... something dangerous.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHLwLXRg8H
He’s coming. So what will you do?69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjGDzWtgwi
Die with us—or fight for us?’
The other soldiers said nothing.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3yzqD0gFj
But their silence was not hesitation—it was unity.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRRuHJY5Us
Their faces all said the same thing:69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICHvcDz9Z3
We’re ready.
Nicole had to decide.
She rose, stepping back.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUlIM3W3kp
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfgjqQsFS2
‘You’re our commander now! We serve you!69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAMgOR5zR5
And we will gladly lay down our lives if it helps you.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQKxwVnz0V
So, Commander—what are your orders?’
Tears spilled down her face.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJyt2b9DnC
Nicole gave her order.
‘Die… for me.’
‘Yes, Commander!’ they all replied.
Suddenly, blood left their bodies—69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtR32EVvnmZ
and Nicole’s skin absorbed it.
Her wounds healed.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhejj9dAlv
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ840VFKCeqf
‘You’ve even lost the ability to speak.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKgGUfEMdx
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?69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNz2VCjP7Z
Shit’s about to get real here…’69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3N6MwSkZD
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