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📌 Synopsis:
> ⚠️ Warning: This story contains mature themes including violence, bullying, trauma, and psychological distress.
Not suitable for children. Parental guidance strongly advised.
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🩸 Chapter 2: Memories...?
The scent of blood still clung to me.
It soaked into my fur, lingered beneath my claws, filled my breath with rust and silence.
I had just killed a man. Not because he attacked me—
but because he deserved to die.
Now, I stood under the steaming water of a cheap hotel shower, scrubbing away the filth of his blood and… of myself.
> "Why did you kill that person?"
– "I saw his memories."
> "Memories?"
I wiped the mirror clean. A wolf's face stared back—
faint scars under the eyes, wet fur clinging to pale skin.
– "Better if you don't know, kid."
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Suddenly—
a knock. A woman's voice.
> "Housekeeping!"
– "Shit."
I activated the system. My body shimmered—vanished from view just as the door creaked open.
She stepped in.
She saw the corpse.
She didn't even scream before I struck, knocking her out with precision.
A flick of the system — her memory erased, the moment gone.
– "Just a worker. Wrong place, wrong time."
I opened a temporary void and dumped the bloody body inside.
No trace. No mess. Only necessity.
> "What are you doing now?"
– "What has to be done."
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I found a dark cloak, something big enough to hide my small frame.
I walked into the night.
Rain poured. The streets murmured.
> "They say the killer's a hybrid wolf kid. Dark fur. Sharp eyes. Small build."
I stopped in front of a shop window. A TV played the news:
> "Suspect wanted for murder at local hotel. Species: Wolf hybrid. Fur: Black."
– "Black fur, huh…? How long has it been since this body took a proper bath?"
> "I'm not dirty!!"
I snorted—almost laughed.
The boy's voice. Still lingering inside me. Still human.
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Then, a voice. Soft. Warm. Too out of place in this cold night.
> "Sweetie, are you okay?"
I turned.
An older woman.
Gentle eyes. A familiar warmth.
> "It's her…"
The host's memories surged.
She used to feed this boy. No questions. No judgment. Just kindness.
– "I'm fine."
I said it short. Cold.
> "You must be hungry. Let me make you something…"
I vanished. Silent.
Left behind a stack of bills—taken from the man I killed.
A final "thank you," spoken not by me... but by the soul that once owned this body.
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The city wailed with sirens.
Police cars blurred by.
I kept walking.
Not running.
Just hunting.
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[System Log: Emotional Overlap Detected — Host Sync 87%]
[Warning: Emotional Deviation Rising]
[Host Status: Stable. For now.]
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And in the reflection of every wet window I passed—
the boy I once was… slowly faded.
Replaced by the wolf they created.
Not the hunted.
The hunter.
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🐺 END OF CHAPTER 2
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