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I'm pulled into the hallway, a cold chill running up my spine, not relinquishing

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I'm pulled into the hallway, a cold chill running up my spine, not relinquishing. It's only know that I feel the streaks upon my cheeks and lips become prominent, completely visible to those around me, but there is none...none besides Alakade who stares deeply towards my stature.

  I feel his warm hand lift and cup my cheek, the pad of his thumb absorbing the sweltering, cascading tears.

  "What's wrong with me? ...Alakade...what is wrong with me?!" His arms wrap around me, embracing me tightly in an attempt to calm me, but I can't. The thing inside me...the beast living within me, it howls harshly, screaming for the wound to heal, but there is no wound physically, only mentally.

  "Shhh," Alakade speaks slowly into my ear, then rests his chin atop my head, "nothing is wrong with you...you're perfect, don't let anyone tell you otherwise." He stops to take a breath, but then offers me a bit of relief with his next words.

  "You're becoming used to the shapeshifting, the next full moon is in one week, landing on a Friday, and your wolf is acting up, wanting to be set free...but you have no control over it. You're a natural beast, one that kills without thought," he conveys.

  I pull away from him a moment later when his lingering words settle into my mind.

"Is there a way to stop this? Is there a way that the beast inside me can...die?"

He is quiet for a moment, averting his gaze to the ground. But then he lifts it again, and gazes straight at me, "no," he says. All hope of him saying "yes" disappears, evaporating from all my thoughts as if it wore camouflage.

I let out a quiet sigh, staring down at the tiled floor beneath me.

"But..." he pauses, and lifts his hand to my jaw, gently forcing me to glance back up at him. "There is a way that I can change it."

"My mark."

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Okay, super short chapter, it was originally going to be longer, but I just cut it short.

HAPPY READING!

~AlexisJadeS22

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