Phoenix Reborn

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ular day is scorching hotter than normal, the sun's rays cutting through the forest's foliage like molten arro

g meal. A familiar aroma that took me back to my youth and the times my father would take me hunting was carried by the s

voice low, "do you

dows. This place harbors more than just creatures. There's power here-dark, old power. They sa

. A place where the present could be bent by the deafening echo of the past. My thoughts drifted to my father's tales of a long-lost tribe that, bef

de of the hills, was my homeland, before they destroyed it. Shadowfang to

st, even though I had no hand in that massacre. Yet, being part of Shadowfang-even adopted-made me feel t

p, eyes locking onto the ridge above. A lady was running-fast-moving with the kind of grace only honed through years of survival. T

I said, stan

nd skin. Though every muscle in her body worked with lethal purpose, her speed betrayed no m

across the trees. Werewolves. Shadowfang warriors. With armed and

nst one. It

pe. Whoever this woman was, she definitely needed assistance. With expert accuracy, I climbed the trees an

r arriving at the verge of the cliff of the hill. As she turned around towards them, her face was full of a calm that was more

have nowhere else to run, lady; that's the end of the p

I serve no one but myself. And you..." She pointed a blade at them, he

h energy-an unspoken promise of death. How could she f

es flashed, cutting down two werewolves before their bodies even had the chance to

I whispered.

her blades carving through fur and flesh with terrifying precision. Ten soldiers fell in rapid succession, each killing more

. They had underestimated her badly. But instead of retreating,

up behind her with his claws outstretched, ready to strike. I leaped off the branch without thinking an

artbeat. She was breathtakingly beautiful. But it was the fire in her eyes, not her

r herself. There was someth

wered, maintaining a firm tone despite the

before I could reply. She jumped into the chasm

left when I ye

more. My thoughts were racing, attempting to interpret the recent events. Kira app

hrough my thoughts.

er hovering toward me, he

k out at the precipitate. "I noticed a lady. Kira.

turned to face me. Kira?

that it is motivated by retaliation. Something sinister seemed to be in her gaze. She

ing serious. "We need to move, Rowan. If Shadowf

ce lingering in the air. "You're right. Let's go. W

we set off at a sprint, the shadow of