There was smoke everywhere.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGDSKGz0RV
Soldiers were crying out—yelping in agony. Understandable.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUX6779bUJJ
Some had lost their arms, others their legs—and some even both.
Only Nicole had been fast enough to react.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnmA8aOpLZ
Yet even she wasn’t without injury.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEUVsjIwLA
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ331cnAdRsa
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWUdMk1juZ
Without a word, he turned and flew away.
The group felt a rush of relief—momentary delight.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YTpez3P8T
But they knew he’d be back.
He was a predator.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PPP65SFnK
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡif7kFMKa0x
‘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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FjXqJUUS0
Returning to the forest wasn’t an option—not with the pressure and the lights emanating from there.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYXZIcih1y
People were fighting.
At the front, Jessie and Larah suddenly stopped.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHnh0RwI3q
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyT8VyKKUam
‘Aren’t you soldiers of the Special Forces—Alpha and Beta?200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpelIH31HC
How come you're more scared than me?’
The soldiers remained silent.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSI8uZH0hS
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:200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgg5LQUpEOF
‘Attack!’
The ghouls charged.
Larah tightened her grip on her weapon and leapt over some of them.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9gwC6CCPH
She landed in their midst and started cutting down everything in her path.
She didn’t differentiate.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwwrlMYZeS
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJqZJJQvLV
‘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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47UAK3IzNJ
Even more shocking was Larah suddenly appearing behind him.
The priest pulled back their hood, revealing long blonde hair—200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnvBeJ93R5
and eyes that shimmered gold and white.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIUhqoxzQb
A woman.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGxqbO9Mqo
An immune one.
‘I can feel it! You two are crazy!200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HWrlKU9eg
Well, I’m crazy myself—hahahah!’
In the Forest
Nicole had placed the wounded soldiers beneath a tree, giving them something to lean against.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9G2xzs37Z
They had lost their light, their hope.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2aY6kgHVg
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJ0sUMbPLS
‘We’re already dead men. But you—you can still save the others.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjV61W4H67x
And the commander—he’s wounded.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowCNz5FprO
If you drink our blood, you might be able to defeat him!’
‘You mean kill him,’ Nicole corrected.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeos2onuWoq
‘You want me to kill our commander?’
‘Yes. I do.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3Tmlaz3Ku
He’s not our commander anymore—he’s an enemy.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76LRei7PEm
And you’re the only one who can stop him.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwHWAycYP7
I can feel it—my body is reacting to something... something dangerous.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5zjwX7Gy6
He’s coming. So what will you do?200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3bGo2JlJ8
Die with us—or fight for us?’
The other soldiers said nothing.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7a8MQsytO
But their silence was not hesitation—it was unity.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVqYrVKwmP
Their faces all said the same thing:200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj63YWd4Bkg
We’re ready.
Nicole had to decide.
She rose, stepping back.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifUyuKfYhu
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMCWkyrw9z
‘You’re our commander now! We serve you!200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpz9uRy1aH
And we will gladly lay down our lives if it helps you.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2kzXrkN6g
So, Commander—what are your orders?’
Tears spilled down her face.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DOS22OgAk
Nicole gave her order.
‘Die… for me.’
‘Yes, Commander!’ they all replied.
Suddenly, blood left their bodies—200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkZIINxImi
and Nicole’s skin absorbed it.
Her wounds healed.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62Ol7zlb77
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbc8oHlVwT
‘You’ve even lost the ability to speak.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoD9gpiyMcy
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?200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5ypN9efVu
Shit’s about to get real here…’200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0izAN0LoO
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