Note: Edited 05/10/23: CHANGED THE LAST HALF of the chapter. From the moment 'Granny' appears. Highly recommend you reread it if you've read it before 02/10/23. Thanks.
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VOLUME III: THE SPEAR OF RUNES AND DESTINY BEGINS HERE!
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I was running again. Running for my life because, well, what else was new?
Behind me followed a howl so menacing that just hearing it made my legs feel like they were made of jelly.
"You think you can escape me—"
I felt a blow to my back—a blade of air cutting across flesh and digging into muscle and sinew.
"Argh!" I screamed.
In the same breath, I heard the beast call my name, "Will Wisdom!"
I stumbled forward as blood trickled down my back, soaking my blue aviator jacket in dark red stains.
"There is no escaping me!"
Desperate to flee, I stumbled forward, my feet sliding across blackened sand.
"I have marked you now—"
