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“That's impossible,” I breathe.
A creature killed two hundred years ago should be nowhere near our school grounds. Hell, it shouldn't exist.
“I said the same thing when we first tracked the beast's presence to Oakville, just south of here.” Shane shakes his head, like even he can't grasp the possibility of what he's saying. “Then it showed up in Ridgeclaw. And Cedar Falls. And… Ashbrae.”
My parents. Agony clamps my chest for a moment, and I drag in a breath, shelving those thoughts to the back of my mind.
“That's when we noticed a pattern,” Shane continues, turning to me with furrowed brows. “Wolves, just like you and I, are turning up dead in every town within a six-mile radius of here. And Dreadborn has been present at every death scene.”
Fuck. For the first time, the re
