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The Wolf at Midnight

Chapter 3 The Heart of the Curse

Word Count: 1337    |    Released on: 19/12/2024

but Mara could see the toll it was taking. His movements were slower, more labored. The curse that bound him this wretched thing that had taken over his life was

thrown everything she could at the attackers a stone, a broken branch, anything she could find. But i

ing with an unnatural intensity. A deep rumbled from his chest as he fought off another creature, but the

ough the growls of the beasts around them

head. "I'm not going anywhere. I'

was fleeting, and soon, his focus returned to the creatures closing in. More emerged from the trees, thei

s like a sickness in his mind, a curse that was strangling his very will to fight. He couldn't keep this up for much lo

't care that Elias was weakening they di

circle near the edge of the forest, half-hidden by thick underbrush. Sh

ice cutting through the noi

ifting toward her. She could see the confusion in

hammering in her chest. "The circle c

. The circle had been a part of the town's ancient history, rumored to be tied to old magic, maybe even the origins of the curs

ard the stone circle, pushing through the creatures that tried to swarm him. He fought like a

termined not to lose him. She had seen what he could do-how fierce he was when he fought for the town, for her. But she ha

the ground itself was warning them to stay away. Elias stumbled slightly as he reached the edge of the circle, his paws scraping

nd his eyes filled with pain. "You don't unde

the change, screamed and fled deeper into the woods, disappearing into the shadows. For a brief moment, the forest was silent-eerily

, but there was something else-something beneath the surface. Elias's body was fighting the trans

ice barely audible. "We can fi

. "You don't understand... The curse... It's a part of me. I

might leave him if he became something less than human. But she didn't care

, her voice steady and filled with con

dded, his form flickering once more as he began to shift back toward his human shape. The pain was evi

ot just a curse. It's my fate. My family has guarded Thornhill for generations, bound by this ancient magic. The only way

spite the coldness of the night air. "I don't care who you are. I just care about you

s, the conviction that would make him believe that it was possible-that there could be a way for th

agile thing, and

above them, its light cold and unyielding. The creatures of the forest would retur

of a much larger puzzle-and she wasn't going to stop u

one thing was clear: together, they would face whatever came their way.

heir future had

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1 Chapter 1 The Howl in the Shadows2 Chapter 2 The Curse Unleashed3 Chapter 3 The Heart of the Curse4 Chapter 4 A Bloodline of Shadows5 Chapter 5 The Hidden Truth6 Chapter 6 The Battle for the Soul7 Chapter 7 The Final Choice8 Chapter 8 A New Dawn9 Chapter 9 The Call of the Wild10 Chapter 10 The Reckoning11 Chapter 11 The Price of Freedom12 Chapter 12 The Rising Storm 13 Chapter 13 Shadows of the Elders14 Chapter 14 The Wolf's Gambit15 Chapter 15 The Call of the Blood16 Chapter 16 Shadows of the Aftermath17 Chapter 17 The Rising Tide18 Chapter 18 The First Strike19 Chapter 19 A New Dawn20 Chapter 20 The unseen enemy21 Chapter 21 The Silent Hunt22 Chapter 22 The heart of the curse23 Chapter 23 The Gathering Storm24 Chapter 24 The Breaking Point25 Chapter 25 The Dawn of New Shadows26 Chapter 26 The Temple of Shadows27 Chapter 27 The Heart of Darkness28 Chapter 28 The Choice of Shadows29 Chapter 29 The Gathering Storm30 Chapter 30 Shadows of the Past31 Chapter 31 Shadows of the Hunt32 Chapter 32 The Forgotten Path33 Chapter 33 Hunter's Moon34 Chapter 34 The Final Stand35 Chapter 35 A New Dawn36 Chapter 36 The Gathering Storm37 Chapter 37 The Storm Unleashed38 Chapter 38 Aftermath and Rebuilding39 Chapter 39 Unveiling the Past40 Chapter 40 The Rift's Heart41 Chapter 41 Storm42 Chapter 42 The Burden of Peace43 Chapter 43 The Price of Freedom44 Chapter 44 The Heart of the Storm45 Chapter 45 A Love Beyond the Darkness46 Chapter 46 Whispers of the Storm47 Chapter 47 The Hunt Begins the Stars48 Chapter 48 Shadows and Secrets49 Chapter 49 The Edge of the Abyss50 Chapter 50 Shadows in the Light51 Chapter 51 The Echoes of Resolution52 Chapter 52 Whispers in the Frost53 Chapter 53 Echoes of the Past54 Chapter 54 A Bond Forged in Shadows55 Chapter 55 The Eternal Bond56 Chapter 56 Through Shadows and Flames 57 Chapter 57 The Hunter's Moon58 Chapter 58 Moonlight59 Chapter 59 The Beast Unbound60 Chapter 60 Into the Shadow Realm61 Chapter 61 Eternal Bargain62 Chapter 62 The Seal's Last Stand 63 Chapter 63 Into the Void 64 Chapter 64 Bound by Shadows 65 Chapter 65 The Heart of Shadows 66 Chapter 66 Flesh and Shadow 67 Chapter 67 Embers of Fate 68 Chapter 68 Tides of Darkness 69 Chapter 69 Bound by Shadows 70 Chapter 70 The Final Reckoning 71 Chapter 71 Fading Shadows 72 Chapter 72 Threads of Fate 73 Chapter 73 Into the Abyss 74 Chapter 74 Shadows of the Heart 75 Chapter 75 The Final Hour 76 Chapter 76 Heart of the Void77 Chapter 77 Shards of the Sigil78 Chapter 78 The Whispering Abyss79 Chapter 79 Shadows of the Abyss80 Chapter 80 The Fractured Veil81 Chapter 81 Shattering the Veil82 Chapter 82 Void Saga83 Chapter 83 Shadows and Promises84 Chapter 84 Through Fire and Shadow85 Chapter 85 Shadow of resolve86 Chapter 86 Bonds Forged in Fire87 Chapter 87 Beyond the Veil of Shadows88 Chapter 88 The Thornhill89 Chapter 89 Shattered Realities90 Chapter 90 The Heart of the Storm91 Chapter 91 The Shattered Peace92 Chapter 92 The Heart of the Riftstone93 Chapter 93 The Final Convergence94 Chapter 94 The Echoes of Eternity95 Chapter 95 Eternity96 Chapter 96 The Last Stand97 Chapter 97 The Unseen Horizon98 Chapter 98 The Harbinger's Return99 Chapter 99 The Breaking Point100 Chapter 100 Future