Urban Wolf: On The Run

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Summary

"Death set me free, but then it rejected me like a high school crush way out of my league." A swordmaster flees from her hometown and to the illustrious city of Halych, leaving behind a history of sorrow and pain to find better people and claim a better future for herself. There's a problem: She won't find it here. Something in Halych is turning people into monsters, amplifying their worst elements and driving them to do terrible things, and the worst part is that it's nothing new to Halych. As June works within a secretive swordsmanship school known as the Haracrein, she will be brought by degrees to fight the corruption in Halych's underbelly, and eventually she'll be forced to make decisions that make her question her deepest convictions. How much of her humanity will she lose in the process? (This is a beta release of my upcoming work. May post more depending on the reception. This will *not* be the version I plan to formally publish.) Cover art is not mine. https://search.creativecommons.org/photos/786c99fb-d3a7-45bd-baba-3eb4d3ac10ef

Status
Excerpt
Chapters
9
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
18+

Lament

I took the train after packing my backpack and loading it the best I could, and forfeited what was left of the ‘family’ my real parents tried to leave behind for us. I watched through the window as it all faded away. I’m sure a few days ago, I’d think of such good memories of the past to weep about, but now all I could conjure up was an unending blackness, complete with pain, sorrows, and failure. Suddenly, every good moment left had a black shadow cast over, of the impending doom that came later on, and in the back of my head rattled the premonitions of a better future, one that never was.

I never imagined that thinking of my past would be so sickening, and never in my life would I ever have imagined having some cold comfort in leaving my hometown behind. Yet, here I am. I took a seat, all alone in my own space within the train cabin, one oddly tall girl and a pair of swords, just an unusual stranger in a crowd. I had one choice deep down in my heart, whether to even think of or acknowledge my heritage. I decided it would be better to leave it all behind. Today, I was nobody; just another ghost riding along the wind, waiting, yearning for a new haunt.