There was smoke everywhere.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GbMXBVjZs
Soldiers were crying out—yelping in agony. Understandable.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmONANbODO
Some had lost their arms, others their legs—and some even both.
Only Nicole had been fast enough to react.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBnLwsOj41
Yet even she wasn’t without injury.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIfy69GNK9
She touched her chest—blood seeped from the wound and dripped to the ground.
She had already been in bad shape, but now... she was truly done for.
The commander still hovered in the air above them, watching like a predator.
Nicole struggled to her feet and staggered toward a wounded soldier.
‘Can you stand up?’ she asked.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXUFXcc18L
The soldier nodded—his arm was gone, but he could move. Still, tears streamed down his face.
‘What happened to our commander? What happened to him? Daaamnn!’
Suddenly, something caught the commander’s attention.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOA0rDqcQtw
Without a word, he turned and flew away.
The group felt a rush of relief—momentary delight.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESiSlRYNvN
But they knew he’d be back.
He was a predator.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKATZp5jyiY
And the way he had looked at them… he enjoyed the hunt. That much was certain.
Still, with him gone, they could finally breathe.
‘He’s become a beast,’ Nicole whispered, her voice cracking as her tears threatened to return.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLI33VfMLBF
‘He’s turned into a beast… and this time, for good.’
In the City
Sark and the others had no better plan than to follow the women.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fCbV9iTn1
Returning to the forest wasn’t an option—not with the pressure and the lights emanating from there.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTnXmhsEX2
People were fighting.
At the front, Jessie and Larah suddenly stopped.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpra64ITKMv
They all ducked behind a truck, observing the incoming army of ghouls.
Leading them was a light priest.
‘What do we do now?’ one of the soldiers asked.
‘We capture that bastard and force the information out of them,’ Larah declared.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nICPIFbla
‘Aren’t you soldiers of the Special Forces—Alpha and Beta?115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jf2vS8KPI
How come you're more scared than me?’
The soldiers remained silent.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCqiRrdr15
Larah ignored the side-eyes Sark was giving her.
She stepped out from behind the truck. Her walk turned to a jog—and then to a sprint.
The priest spotted her and bellowed:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVJpXtd5Re
‘Attack!’
The ghouls charged.
Larah tightened her grip on her weapon and leapt over some of them.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbv8hubXcE
She landed in their midst and started cutting down everything in her path.
She didn’t differentiate.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVZNRNNUmn
If it moved, it was the enemy. If it was alive, it had to be cut.
As she sliced, she bathed in blood—hers and theirs.
‘She’s totally snapped!’ Sark grunted.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY36pShoErp
‘Let’s go!’
The rest joined the battle.
Jessie fought her way toward the priest, who was clearly stunned that she had gotten so far.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3suFAT25z
Even more shocking was Larah suddenly appearing behind him.
The priest pulled back their hood, revealing long blonde hair—115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppVhboPBTL
and eyes that shimmered gold and white.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI197hh95Zj
A woman.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqj9nNNuXx
An immune one.
‘I can feel it! You two are crazy!115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVShRbioJwh
Well, I’m crazy myself—hahahah!’
In the Forest
Nicole had placed the wounded soldiers beneath a tree, giving them something to lean against.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwqXf7QyiZ
They had lost their light, their hope.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2pKpzJRoE
They were waiting for death.
One of them had already passed—his body completely drained of blood.
‘What’s the plan, Nicole?’ one soldier asked.
‘I—I don’t know! I’m sorry! I don’t know! I—fuck!’
‘Drink our blood,’ the same soldier suggested.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPTkN6Jr8c
‘We’re already dead men. But you—you can still save the others.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ901pwZyCSy
And the commander—he’s wounded.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbMppCi8ne
If you drink our blood, you might be able to defeat him!’
‘You mean kill him,’ Nicole corrected.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6coKGs92l
‘You want me to kill our commander?’
‘Yes. I do.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3rUg2GgIi
He’s not our commander anymore—he’s an enemy.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYP9CZZSRV2
And you’re the only one who can stop him.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9sg13r0ZW
I can feel it—my body is reacting to something... something dangerous.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8Km1dSBaY
He’s coming. So what will you do?115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrEaWUtD1I
Die with us—or fight for us?’
The other soldiers said nothing.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEN6jIk3C9
But their silence was not hesitation—it was unity.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilondFcyiL
Their faces all said the same thing:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uyaNOOgq2
We’re ready.
Nicole had to decide.
She rose, stepping back.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8osmKmeDl
Shaking her head.
‘First I lose the commander… and now I must kill my own men. I can’t—’
‘Get a grip, Nicole!’ one soldier shouted.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lw4YRUOMX
‘You’re our commander now! We serve you!115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTExTJUSJxI
And we will gladly lay down our lives if it helps you.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIHAugpPpX
So, Commander—what are your orders?’
Tears spilled down her face.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOB270wXIx6
Nicole gave her order.
‘Die… for me.’
‘Yes, Commander!’ they all replied.
Suddenly, blood left their bodies—115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQnNVYnJ65
and Nicole’s skin absorbed it.
Her wounds healed.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbu6YkeO2E
Her strength returned.
Just in time.
Because the commander had returned.
He approached slowly.
‘You’ve come back… to be hunted like a beast,’ he said with a groan.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Tzm4m7ZwY
‘You’ve even lost the ability to speak.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOnQQCy9u3
Let me end your suffering… my love.’
Somewhere in the Forest
Seraphina finally woke up.
‘Damn… that was a strong woman!’
She gasped for air and crawled toward a tree, leaning against it for support.
‘Guys… where are you?115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftCa2UNuU3
Shit’s about to get real here…’115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFl5X9FMQk
and then Add to home screen.