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The City of Eldhaven
Morning sunlight spilled softly across the northern roads as Kelvin and Diana continued their journey toward Eldhaven.The forest behind them had finally begun to thin. What once felt like endless wilderness slowly gave way to signs of life. Dirt roads widened beneath the horses’ hooves. Wooden fences stretched across open fields. Small farms appeared in the distance alongside patches of crops swaying gently beneath the cold breeze.Kelvin looked around quietly as they rode.People. Not just travelers. Actual communities. Small villages appeared every few hours along the roadside, each carrying the silver-and-blue banners of Eldhaven above wooden gates or market posts.Compared to Ashvale, everything felt larger.Busier. More connected.Kelvin watched a group of farmers loading supplies onto a wagon while children ran nearby laughing without worry. The sight felt strangely distant to him.Normal.Part of him still expected screams and fire whenever he saw too many people gathered toge
Names Unspoken
The clearing slowly fell silent after the last bandit disappeared into the forest.Only the restless sounds of horses and heavy breathing remained.Kelvin lowered his damaged sword carefully, his chest rising and falling hard.“Hah…”Now that the fighting had stopped, the exhaustion hit him properly.Pain spread through his arms and shoulders from every clash during the battle. Beneath his torn clothes, the wounds from the direwolf fight still burned faintly, though he could already feel that strange warmth moving through his body again.Healing. Slowly.Kelvin frowned slightly at the thought before pushing it aside.Not now.A few steps away, the girl still held her sword tightly.Her breathing was uneven too.A cut ran along one side of her arm, and dirt stained parts of her light traveling clothes. Even exhausted, however, she still carried herself steadily.Not once during the fight had she panicked.Kelvin noticed that immediately.The girl finally lowered her sword slightly, tho
The Girl in the Forest
The soft warmth of the fire had long faded by the time Kelvin opened his eyes again.For a moment, he simply stared upward at the thick forest canopy above him while the cold morning air brushed against his face.Then everything returned.The direwolf. The fight. The cubs.Kelvin groaned softly and pushed himself upright against the tree.“Hah…”His body still hurt, but not as badly as it should have. That alone felt wrong.The wounds across his shoulder and side had already partially healed overnight. The pain remained, but compared to yesterday, the difference was impossible to ignore.Kelvin lowered his gaze toward his arm silently.“What… am I becoming?”No answer came.Only the quiet sounds of the forest.Birds.Wind moving through leaves.Distant movement far away.Too distant.Kelvin frowned slightly.Even now, he could hear things far beyond what should have been possible.His senses still felt strange. Unnatural.At times it almost felt overwhelming, like his body was constan
The Cubs
The direwolf stood several meters away, breathing heavily now. Its glowing eyes remained locked onto Kelvin as cold wind moved quietly through the trees around them.For a brief moment, neither moved.Kelvin slowly forced himself back onto his feet.“Hah… hah…”Everything hurt.His shoulder burned from the claw wounds, and his side ached every time he breathed. His clothes were stained with dirt and blood, while exhaustion weighed heavily on his body.But the direwolf looked worse.Its injured shoulder trembled slightly, and its breathing had become rougher than before.Still, the beast lowered itself again.Ready to attack.“You really just don’t give up…”The direwolf vanished.Kelvin’s heart tightened immediately.Right side.The beast burst from the darkness beside him.Kelvin moved instantly.Instead of retreating, he stepped forward and grabbed the sword lodged in the direwolf’s shoulder with both hands.“AHHH!”He pulled downward with everything he had left.The direwolf roared
The Direwolf
Kelvin stayed awake for the rest of the night.The fire beside him had long since burned down to glowing embers, leaving only faint orange light flickering across the forest floor. Beyond that small circle of light, darkness stretched endlessly between the trees.And somewhere inside it, the direwolf waited. Kelvin could feel it.At first he thought it was fear making him imagine things, but after hours of listening, he realized he was right. Every few minutes, he caught something.Movement. Heavy paws against dirt.Branches shifting. Breathing.The beast was circling him. His fingers tightened around the sword resting in his hands.“…What do you want from me?” he muttered quietly.The forest gave no answer.A cold wind passed through the trees, brushing against his silver hair. Kelvin slowly stood, keeping his breathing steady as his eyes scanned the darkness ahead.He hated this feeling. Not knowing where the next attack would come from. Not being able to see the thing hunting him.
After the Ashes
Kelvin stepped beneath the trees and kept walking.Behind him, Ashvale disappeared little by little, swallowed by the forest the same way fire had swallowed the village. Soon, only faint traces of smoke remained drifting above the treetops.Even then, he could still smell it.Burned wood. Ash. Blood.The scent clung to him no matter how far he moved.His grip tightened slightly around the sword in his hand.The forest was quiet. Too quiet. Only the sound of leaves shifting beneath his boots and the distant rustling of branches filled the silence around him.Every now and then, a gust of wind slipped through the trees, cold against his skin.Kelvin barely noticed.His thoughts were elsewhere. Back in Ashvale. Back to that night.His father’s voice echoed faintly in his mind.Stay back.Then the sound of steel striking claws.Then blood.Kelvin’s jaw tightened. The images would not stop coming. His mother collapsing.The vampire’s red eyes. That smile. Without realizing it, his breathin
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