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d scrawled a chilling message in crimson: "Give her up or lose everything." The strokes were jagged, angry-as tho

into her drawer and returned with a bundle of herbs-an ancient remedy passed

d, panic tightening her voice

her face like

side the bed

red to myself. "And wh

room, pausing by her slightly open

were they after this time

es engulfed in flame. And their bodies sparked with white lightning. The kind that would ma

e here. She must go to Moonlight Institute. The full-moon barrier there war

. Oh no... I finally u

wa

oing to ha

nemies in a bedtime story meant to scare pups. Warriors with lightnin

ed onto my bed. Outside, the

ursed?

t sleep-thoughts stormed inside my head. For the first time in year

thing will be fine

n her face, no matter how

I forced a smile. Even though my o

a grown woman-like you said earlier. I can handle a few s

was with sleep. I'd been glued to my laptop, researching every detail Papa had described. No rational explanation came up.

iliar space grounded me. The aroma of coffee and the quiet h

nd early morning routines, creaked beneath me. The fridge stood tall in the corner, plastered with magnets, n

milk and drank like

me from the chaos in my mind. The woods smelled fresh-like pine and dew. In the distance, pups cha

eel the wind in my fur-but

il I wa

il it w

I moved fast enough, I

atever I

n a while!" a voice c