r and the chaos unfolding around me. Rowan's voice echoed in my mind, and it urged me to stay,

d a haunting melody that resonated deep with

ck pulsed with an intensity that made the air around me hum. I had b

like a knife. He was moving towards me, his wolfish fo

im light flickered, eerie shadows casted across the room. Rowan said with a frantic voice. "Eve

desperation flashed across his face. But the woman's pull was too strong, t

ith a raw voice filled with emo

at startled me. "No. The truth will destroy you," h

as though my entire being was being drawn into the woman'

n's grip, and I took another step towards

ured expression. "You don

darkness, the woman's cold hand brushed against

sion blurred, and the tower around me disappeared, it was replaced by a barren landscape of crumbling ruins and

s covered with a hood. "This is the world that awaits you, Evelyn. A w

feel my pulse hammering in my thro

n. Her eyes were the same as my own, piercing blue with the same haunted look I had seen in my own ref

an said. "Or at least, I was once.

recoiled. "No... you can't be. You l

uly. But the wolves... they took you from me right after you were ev

s could be the truth. But the familiar pull in my chest,

ing me, abandoning me. I remember being picked up on the street by a lovely couple. They took me

you. The truth has been buried, hidden behind the lies of those wh

r step back. "I don't understa

into her eyes. "You have the power to destroy everything, Evely

th rage, his wolfish form towered behind him. There was something different abo

ice. "She's lying to you. This isn't your mother. She's a shadow, a ghos

n us was filled with tension, and for the first time, it felt as i

, Evelyn. You have to choose. Will you stay with him, with the lies, the w

icked between the two of them, Rowan, the man who had been by my side through every step of this twisted journey

begged. "Please.

and the choices before me narrow

ice, a deafening roar filled the air, a

eir pack growing larger and th

d at the sight of

it was another figure, tall and im

, his voice sent a chill down my

figure revealed himself; a man, dressed in

the W

come for