Chapter 8

Steeped in these muddled thoughts, something beneath me moved.

In horror, I saw that the ground was cracking.

Before I could get away as fast as I could from where I sat, out of nowhere, the lone wolf that I was certain followed me sometimes, jumped on me.

It dragged me with its teeth into the bushes that White Rose had disappeared to earlier.

I let out a loud pitiful cry.

I was petrified, thinking that the wolf would soon devour me.

I couldn’t escape its clutches. It dragged me till we reached a tiny cave that sprang out of nowhere.

Entering the cave, it finally dropped me in a corner.

The wolf stood before me, howling its words to me. It was trying to warn me about something. When it continued howling without ceasing, it dawned on me what it was trying to tell me.

I crouched and tried to hide from its glare.

I started trembling and was sure it sensed my fear. It stopped howling as if waiting for an answer from me.