It was the final day.
At midnight, the core group would lose the ability to transform into their Werewolf forms. The change wouldn’t affect everyone, after all, a large portion of their team consisted of Altered, but it would weaken a vital part of their strength.
Instead of the intense, grueling training they’d been undergoing i...
2025-06-26 22:59:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe entire city could still feel it, that heavy, low rumble running through the earth like the aftershock of a quake. It wasn’t loud anymore, just a dull vibration beneath their feet, but it lingered. Unsettling. Ominous. Still, not everyone knew where the disturbance was coming from.
Everyone except the Werewolves.
With their heig...
2025-06-26 08:53:11 +0000 UTC View PostJust outside the castle walls stood a vast, seemingly endless garden. It wasn’t unusual, most castles throughout the country had grand courts filled with hedges, blooming plants, and twisting paths. The castle in Ruin City was no different.
But if one ventured further beyond the walls, they’d come across something else, ruins. Crumblin...
2025-06-26 00:34:11 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the meeting with the Dark Guild leader, Lupus remained seated at the dining table. Right in front of him sat a glass of one of the strongest, highest-percentage whiskeys that money could buy. He swirled the amber liquid gently, savoring the taste bit by bit as it burned his throat with every sip.
“Leader of an entire pack. Head of ...
2025-06-24 13:24:24 +0000 UTC View PostLupus was trying to settle as much as he could before the full moon arrived.
Though his pack didn’t suffer from forced transformations like some of the others, and they weren’t in a deteriorating state either, the full moon still acted as a crucial turning point, a marker. A symbolic reset. And for Lupus, it meant it was time to look a...
2025-06-24 13:23:07 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the morning sun rose over Ruin, it marked the beginning of a new day—and brought with it the silent countdown to the full moon.
There were only two full days left.
In the past, full moon nights had been filled with fear, anxiety, and a need for restraint. Now, that same fear returned—but for entirely different reasons. The s...
2025-06-23 18:22:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe city of Ruin was in recovery mode.
After the widespread attacks launched by the Altered Hunters, events now broadcast and dissected on every major news outlet, the world was grappling with how to respond. There was rising support to dismantle all existing Altered projects and facilities across the globe.
Yet, amidst the cries for...
2025-06-23 18:03:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt was clear, from the tone of the conversation and the way it had been heading, that Marie had already made up her mind. She had been wrestling with the decision for a long time, and now, she had voiced it, plainly and firmly, to everyone, including Kai.
It wasn’t a decision made lightly.
And in the end, Kai knew when a fight was ...
2025-06-22 19:57:51 +0000 UTC View PostNo matter how hard the group thought about it, no matter how many times they went over the possibilities, they couldn’t come up with another solution for the full moon that loomed ahead like a ticking clock.
They had two choices, either reach out to Unzoku now, perform the ritual, and hope it led to something, anything, or Kai would have...
2025-06-21 21:48:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe group felt like they were right back at square one, the very place where this entire mess had begun. Despite all the conversations and plans, they’d circled back to uncertainty. And from talking with Kai, his feelings couldn’t have been clearer.
He wasn’t going to contact Unzoku. Not about the full moon. Not about anything.
There were a couple of serious issues with Kai becoming an Alpha, and it wasn’t just the apparent rule that Alphas were destined to fight one another.
Maybe Gary was right. Maybe he would be able to suppress that primal urge, to push back against the instinct that told them to battle. Their history, the bond they’d built, sure...
2025-06-21 02:25:49 +0000 UTC View PostKai continued to sob, and it didn’t look like he was going to stop anytime soon. But at the very least, he wasn’t trying to run anymore.
The group decided it was best to return to the manor and sort things out from there. On either side of Kai walked Austin and Innu, silently escorting him back.
Both of them were...
2025-06-20 01:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostThere were multiple signs, subtle, yet undeniable, that something had gone wrong.
The first red flag: Kai was no longer showing in the system. That alone was enough to make Gary’s stomach twist.
Then there was the air around him. When Gary had gotten close to Kai, there had been a strange scent, something off, something irritating....
2025-06-20 01:57:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe system wasn’t just for Gary, it allowed him limited control over his pack members too. One of those features was the ability to assign pawn points to upgrade their rankings and evolve their classes.
Because of this, Gary could see every single member of his pack.
But not Kai.
Kai’s name was missing.
This was somet...
2025-06-19 01:10:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe words that came from Unzoku’s mouth stirred a whirlwind of confusion in Kai’s mind. Gary was the Alpha. He was the leader of the pack. If Unzoku managed to take him out, it would surely be a massive blow to the Howlers.
If Unzoku could control Gary, he could force him to fight for him. That had been the entire reason he’d gone to...
2025-06-19 01:08:42 +0000 UTC View PostJust like the days before, Gary found himself unable to sleep through the night. Even after everything that had happened and returning to the manor, his body wouldn’t rest. His mind wouldn’t quiet.
Instead of sleeping, Gary had continued pushing forward, training his Qi, practicing his transformation. Ever since unlocking a small part ...
2025-06-18 01:41:44 +0000 UTC View PostIn the distance, Kai could see them, two large, glowing red eyes piercing through the darkness like twin embers in a sea of black. The shadows cloaked the rest of the figure, making it impossible to see the full form, but that didn’t matter.
His instincts screamed louder than his eyes could ever see. His heart pounded. His breath hitched...
2025-06-17 15:57:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe concrete training area, located a short distance away from the manor, had been completely transformed.
Massive craters now littered the ground, cracks splintering out in every direction. Towering blocks of jagged ice, like frozen spires or insect-like icebergs, jutted up from the floor, the aftermath of an intense, uncontrolled battle....
2025-06-16 17:00:52 +0000 UTC View PostAfter everyone had left, Kai stayed behind, pacing slowly as he made call after call, checking in on multiple fronts.
His first priority was Slough. He needed to make sure nothing strange was happening in the city while he and the others were away. The rest of the Howlers were still active back home, and if something went down, if one of t...
2025-06-16 16:59:30 +0000 UTC View PostBlackjack had left the office with his message delivered and had even given Kai his phone number, so there was now a more direct and convenient way to contact him.
Although it seemed minor, the visit had helped Kai figure something out. There was someone in Slough, someone connected to the settlement in some way, who was watching them at a...
2025-06-15 13:05:36 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as Blackjack arrived, Kai didn’t waste time. He led the vampire straight into one of the three private offices he’d had built inside the manor.
Kai had envisioned moments like this, important, private conversations with members of the team or external parties. He worked better in structured environments, and an office allowed h...
2025-06-14 13:13:39 +0000 UTC View PostThere were now a total of four days left until the next full moon for the group. The tension in the air reminded Gary all too much of the first time he’d ever transformed.
Back then, he had no idea what was coming, had feared what would actually happen on that day, and above all, felt like most of it was completely out of his control. 2025-06-13 16:36:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Kanu, given the position he held within the White Rose, often had to oversee the new recruits. However, he wasn’t exactly used to teaching them how to wield weapons.
His job wasn’t to turn them into master swordsmen or expert fighters. Instead, he was there to guide them in using their new forms.
When someone turned into an Alter...
2025-06-13 16:34:58 +0000 UTC View PostGary had ended up no closer to understanding what the medallion did, nor its exact relationship to the Werewolves. However, he had at least uncovered a possible clue, one that could lead him to answers.
Now wasn’t the time to investigate it fully, but paying a visit to the excavation site where the item had been found might be the key to...
2025-06-12 14:34:06 +0000 UTC View PostInside the Manor, on the bottom floor, there was a special lab designed just for Tom. As Kai had stated, he had meticulously replicated everything that Tom had in his own personal lab.
The only thing that wasn’t there was the original data. It had taken close to an entire day to bring everything else over, but Tom had successfully transf...
2025-06-12 14:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostA wave of mixed emotions overwhelmed Gary as he stared at Xin.
Just moments ago, he’d been over the moon, thrilled that he had finally managed to control his hand, preventing it from transforming.
He had been working on it nonstop, every spare second the day before, and even this very morning.
But now, that happiness was dash...
2025-06-11 16:50:34 +0000 UTC View PostNow that the others had arrived, Kai found himself worrying about one thing, that maybe the group would start treating this like a holiday even more than they had before.
However, it didn’t take long for Kai to realize that he had been completely wrong about that thought.
As the new arrivals saw the others practicing, their interes...
2025-06-11 16:47:31 +0000 UTC View PostWith the excitement of being able to stop the transformation of even a single finger, Gary pushed through with determination. It was a worthwhile task ahead of him, one he couldn’t afford to ignore.
Maybe most people wouldn’t be able to keep at it, or even attempt to control such a strange power in such a short amount of time. But Gary...
2025-06-10 19:52:24 +0000 UTC View PostFrom Innu’s little test, they’d come to a surprising conclusion,
The energy Gary used in his transformations… and the energy Innu called Qi… were actually one and the same.
However, when Innu used his Qi, it wasn’t like he transformed into a large beast. Instead, he strengthened certain parts of his body, targeted, pr...
2025-06-10 14:23:12 +0000 UTC View PostGary, Xin, and Kevin were all sitting cross-legged on the grass, their eyes following Innu as he paced back and forth in front of them.
It almost looked as if Innu was in his own private classroom, ready to give a full lecture. Since he was about to teach Gary how to use this thing called Qi, he figured he might as well teach it t...
2025-06-10 03:49:11 +0000 UTC View Post