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What the—-
I look around, but it's as if she's disappeared without a trace, and all I can do is keep looking over my shoulder as I join the mad rush of passengers heading for the train doors.
It takes a bit of squeezing and a little bit of shoving, but I manage to get in just as the doors close. The train starts to move, and my gaze sweeps searchingly over the station one last time through the windows.
Still no sign of her, but did I just see...
No, don't go there, Cat.
It really did feel like someone was watching me, but—-
Stop it, Cat. Stop it!
That part of my life islongover, and I just need to act like it, too.
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GIANT HOOVES EMBEDDEDitself on the damp soil as the dire wolf leapt over a running creek while its kindred excitedly did their best to catch up to their alpha. The hoof prints the wolf left were alarming in their size, and there they remained as a warning to any human unfortunate enough to wander into this part of the forest.
The pack had been running since dawn, and it was only when the sun had fully claimed its place in the skies that their alpha reluctantly called a halt. Playtime was over, and the dire wolf was firm in its decision even as the younger cubs whined and cried in protest.
Kindred retreated into their hidden dens while the dire wolf trekked back to the city. The night patrols had just ended their shifts, and they were about to head home when the scented air heralded the impending arrival of their king. The thunderous sound of its hooves pounding the ground as it leapt over great distances followed next—-
THUD. THUD.THUD.
The preters bowed their heads, and seeing this, their human counterparts were quick to do the same, and just in time, too, with the twelve-foot-long dire wolf soon landing on all fours in front of them.
Its roar reverberated throughout the city, and both preter and human guards couldn't help but shiver at the sound.
The King of Night Bloom might be as civilized and sophisticated as they came when wearing his human skin, but these men had been with him for years, and so they knew.
Michalis Chatzigeorgiou would always be more beast than man, and those who chose not to believe this rarely lived to see another day.
Chapter Two
My heart begins to pound as I watch him walk towards me. There's so much of him to look at, I don't even know where to start.
