- All
- at
- once
- dozens
- of
- bones
- cracked,
- breaking
- and
- splitting
- apart
- almost
- in
- unison,
- shifting
- their
- pointed
- shards
- through
- contracting
- muscles
- as
- his
- limbs
- forced
- themselves
- into
- those
- old
- familiar
- shapes.
- His
- hands
- and
- feet
- split
- open,
- dripping
- viscous
- blood
- onto
- the
- ground
- as
- he
- squirmed
- and
- clawed,
- pushing
- the
- transformation
- to
- happen
- faster.
- Within
- his
- torso
- ribs
- cracked
- and
- collapsed;
- he
- sucked
- in
- a
- breath
- and
- tears
- rolled
- down
- his
- cheeks
- as
- the
- crushing
- weight
- of
- his
- shifting
- organs
- and
- reforming
- ribcage
- stole
- away
- his
- ability
- to
- breathe.
- In
- his
- belly
- organs
- squirmed
- and
- writhed
- like
- snakes,
- twisting
- and
- knotting
- until
- they
- found
- their
- new
- places
- in
- his
- changing
- form.
- His
- bones
- snapped
- and
- reformed
- again
- and
- again,
- growing
- in
- size
- by
- forcing
- themselves
- to
- heal
- and
- splitting
- open
- his
- skin
- all
- over
- his
- body.
- Gaping
- wounds
- tore
- wide
- on
- his
- chest,
- back
- and
- hips.
- Savage
- spikes
- of
- blood
- soaked
- bone
- pierced
- through
- his
- darkening
- skin;
- muscles
- fibres
- raced
- in
- twitching
- tendrils
- to
- cover
- them
- and
- a
- sudden
- snapping
- in
- his
- hips
- threw
- him
- onto
- his
- side.
- From
- the
- base
- of
- his
- spine
- a
- tail
- had
- begun
- to
- extend,
- and
- fur
- sprouted
- all
- over
- his
- body,
- covering
- him
- thickly
- as
- the
- final
- parts
- of
- him
- began
- to
- change.
- His
- face
- caved
- in
- upon
- itself,
- the
- sockets
- of
- his
- eyes
- shattering
- and
- his
- mouth
- collapsing
- as
- the
- bone
- fragmented
- and
- was
- rebuilt
- anew.-----For
- a
- long
- time
- after
- their
- clash
- with
- Nanisca’s
- clan
- there
- was
- relative
- peace
- within
- the
- pack.
- They
- no
- longer
- lived
- as
- one
- under
- the
- same
- roof,
- but
- for
- a
- time
- were
- stronger
- than
- ever.
- Of
- course,
- nothing
- ever
- lasts,
- and
- peace
- could
- never
- be
- eternal.Hunter
- and
- Eve
- began
- to
- struggle,
- trapped
- in
- the
- futility
- of
- what
- seemed
- to
- the
- once
- pack
- alpha
- to
- be
- an
- eternity
- of
- unknowing.
- With
- time,
- her
- sanity
- began
- to
- slip
- as
- stress
- consumed
- her.
When
- they
- were
- at
- their
- weakest,
- a
- familiar
- face
- emerged
- within
- the
- forest,
- full
- of
- hate
- and
- harbouring
- twisted
- intentions.
- In
- the
- wrong
- place
- at
- the
- wrong
- time,
- Eve
- was
- captured
- and
- dragged
- away
- to
- face
- a
- demon
- she
- ought
- to
- have
- put
- to
- rest
- long
- ago.
The
- pack
- was
- on
- her
- tail,
- but
- time
- would
- soon
- run
- out.
- Could
- they
- get
- to
- her
- before
- it
- was
- too
- late,
- or
- had
- their
- luck
- finally
- run out?
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