RedNovelChapter 481
We ran through the trees, heading to the darkest recess of her mind. Every so often, there was a skittering sound
that made their ears twitch. Something was watching us. There was a shadow that lept above us. The noise
sounded again and my back crawled. It was almost like a million little legs were crawling over something. It gave
Nix's voice was low as we ran. "Something is hunting us."
Megan chuffed an agreement, but it was Shanara trembling that hadlooking around. Her body remembered
the feeling, and it was warning her to turn back.
| ran my fingers down her side. "It's okay. We are here. We have you." She nodded, but | could still feel how tense
she was. She kept running, but | could feel that she wanted to turn back. She was only going deeper because we
were with her.
She ran around trees, but every sound had her jumping. | just kept running my fingers through her fur. | was
mumbling swords of encouragement when something landed on us. Megan saw it first and lunged towards
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtme, but | felt something sink fangs into me.
| screamed as | fell from Shanara's back. The darkness enveloped me, and | was terrified. | shook my head,
trying to clear the fear, but it was like every pull that this creature made. It injectedwith fear. This was how it
worked. This creature, whatever it was, was a manifestation of the rune. As Vince pulled power from the
affected, it made them fear him a little more. It was keeping everyone in line.
| opened my mouth to scream, but | heard Nix yelp. I tried to see what was happening, but the darkness was
absolute. | pulled into myself, trying to think of happier times. | was whimpering; the fear was so thick. My dad. |
needed my dad.
The memory of him teachingmagic bubbled up in my mind. It circled around until | finally understood what
my brain was telling me. The light orb. Nix and Megan both screamed out in pain, and something in my mind
shifted. Attackingwas fine, but once you touch my wolves...all bets were off.
| bellowed, and light exploded from me. The ball of light was bigger than my first, and | threw it up into the air.
The thing on top ofscreamed. Then tried to run, but | grabbed it to keep it in the light. "Attack it." | screamed
at the three wolves, and they were trying, but it was strong.
The black body was a hard shell,
almost like it was a carapace. | tried to attack kwith my own hands, but we were just bouncing off its body. A
dark, eerie laugh echoed through the clearing. "Stupid females. Do you think you can kill me? | am the destroyer,
the ravenous. will eat through all of your energy and in the end | will be the one standing, and you will be husks
of your former selves." The face... | don't even know if it could even be considered a face reared fromand |
felt the drain stop for a blessed moment. Nix tried to dive for it again, but she bounced off. It laughed again and |
could hear Vince in its voice.
This was who he was inside. A black leech of a creature that took from
anything and everything he could. He didn't survive on his own power, but on what he could steal. Sip by sip.
Tiny mouthfuls at a tto boost himself into the position he was in now.
"You can't kill me. You aren't strong enough." His words ricochetted against the trees. "I will eat you slowly until |
am satisfied." His words bounced in my mind like the trees. Slowly.
He struckagain, sinking its fangs into my shoulder again. The slow draw of power was back, and an idea
formed in my mind. to push power into the leech. Slowly at first. Nix growled, but | wrapped my arms around the
leech.
"What are you doing?" Nix's voice was confused as she circled closer and closer.
"Feeding it." It chuckled, thinking | was stupid, but Nix understood. She jumped on the back of the creature and
forced its fangs deeper into my neck.
"Good?" She met my eyes over the body and | nodded.
"Perfect. Hold it." She nodded once, and then | pushed power faster into the leech.
It grunted with the influx, but | kept the tap pouring full blast. My power funneled into the creature, and Nix held
it there while it screamed. "Stop." Its voice was panicked.
| stroked its hard body. "I thought you were ravenous?" My voice was soft. "Take
it. Take it all." | slammed all of my power into the leech at once.
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