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| ran until | felt another tug. Every t| worried | was heading in the wrong direction, or | would hear a howl!
behind me,
| would get another tug and | would head straight towards it. Soon, the world melted away, as it did on the way
towards Amara. The edges of my vision wavered. But through the entire time, the lost woman, the lost soul
followed, desperate to find my body first.
| was terrified. What if she got to my body first?
What if | was left to wander this plane, to wither and moan while she walks around in my body like it is a suit to
wear, a part to play? | shivered as | thought about what she looked like before she absorbed my life, my vitality.
How could anyone live like that?
But then the thought hit me: it wasn't living. It was almost the exact opposite. Stuck waiting until you find an
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtempty shell to take over like skind of living hermit crab. But instead of just finding a new home, you become
a new person. A new face, body, entire life. And do you get new wolves? These thought circled my brain as | ran.
Would Nix and Megan have a new person, a new soul to bond with while | was cast away? Or are they also cast
out and her wolf takes over? If she takes over my body, am I losing just my life, or all three of our lives?
Panic tried to claw at my throat and | stumbled as | fell. Hermanic laughter was closer than | thought as |
scrambled back to my feet. | felt her nails scrap down my arm, cutting into my skin as | took off.
"So close. Run, little wolf. If | catch you, you're dead." Her threat was real. | felt it in my very center. | weaved
through the land, passing streets, and unfamiliar buildings. I didn't notice on the way there, but heading back, it
felt like | was moving slower, and | was able to catch things as | moved past.
A couple kissing on a park bench. An old man shivering in the cold air while he walked Itis dog. Human living
their everyday lives, as | ran past, a spectator to their lives, desperately trying to save my own. | thought that
the wanderer behindmight get distracted as we passed smany living things, people living their lives.
But she was zeroed in on my retreating back.
She was focused on me, the only chance of life she has, and nothing was going to distract her.
"Cgirl, give in. Look at these souls living their sad lives. It's tiresome, Isn't it? | can see that your tired. Your
sad. So just give in. Give it to me." Her calls were like a siren song. She wasn't wrong. | was tired. With
everything going on in my life, | was tired. As | thought about stopping, | felt my feet falter again. But then |
heard them.
Wendy and Toya,
"Con Amy. Cback." Wendy begged as | felt her hand on my own.
"You have to make it back. You can't give up. Think of your mom, your dad. Us." Toya grabbed my other hand
and | felt her tight fingers intertwine with my own.
1 looked down at my empty hands and somehow | knew they had slipped their hands into mine in the
apartment. And somehow, their thoughts, their need, their souls reached mine when | needed them the most.
| ran faster, pushing myself to the limit to reach them. To reclaim my body, my life, my destiny. The lost soul
beliind ine screamed.
"No!" she howled again, and | could feel her need nipping my heels. "Your life is mine." | felt her claws drag down
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmmy back and | screamed, but | kept moving-
"Your wrong" | called back, turning at the next pulse in my chest. a
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my apartment in the distance and | nearly wept. | headed for the door but instead of taking the elevator; 1
jumped. | slanted my claws into the outside of the building, doing my best to scale it. The woman's panicked
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pants behind me. "Please." She begged me. "It's my
time.
"You lost your shell." | screamed. "You can't have mine."
"No." She screamed afteras | lept over the railing to my place. | pushed through the walls, finding Toya and
Wendy holding onto my hands. Their worried gaze on my pale face. "Your shell." She screamed as she pushed
through the wall. | dove. It was the only thing | could do. | heard her scream and felt her hair on my arms as she
lept past me.
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