Emilzee

Emilzee's Book(1)

DEREK JAEGER

Werewolf

5.0

"What course of action will you take? Will you choose to save your wife or protect the entire population at the Bastion?" The figure from the past inquired, gazing intently at the desperate man who had arrows piercing his chest and was bound by chains coated in poison, which sapped his strength with each futile struggle. Derek, consumed by rage, pulled at the chains but once again collapsed onto his knees. "Please, I implore you, leave her be. She carries my child..." he muttered weakly. The night seemed to display pity for the defenseless soul as he watched the priests fasten his wife to a tree, her mouth gagged, while raindrops began to fall. "I've had a change of heart..." the priest declared with a sinister laugh. He turned his attention to the woman bound to the tree and sneered. "Let the witch be consumed by fire," he commanded, and in an instant, the air was filled with the muffled screams of the woman as she was set ablaze. Derek cried out in agony as he witnessed his wife burning on the tree, and for the first time in his existence, he was defeated. He succumbed to the ancient beast that had been confined within him for a millennium; the only woman capable of pacifying his nature was gone, reduced to ashes. His body snapped and crackled as it shattered and transformed. Slowly, his form was replaced by new flesh, covered in fur. His fingers elongated and stretched, morphing into sharp claws capable of tearing the world apart, and his cries gradually transformed into menacing growls. The shackles that held him captive shattered, and when he stood up, he loomed tall, towering above all those who gazed at him with fear. They had awakened the inner demon within him. . The Academy teetered on the verge of annihilation as the church drew closer. Once again, Derek was called upon to fight for the Dark Bloods but met with failure. He discovered that his deceased child was alive but under the control of the church. Derek must now confront the church and the darkness that resides within him. He finds himself caught in the midst of a battle between light and darkness.