Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Two
The stars were on fire.
Dead water lay stagnant over my hooves and hocks like a still, undisturbed blanket as I lay on the sand, staring at the cloudless splendor above me.
I didn't recognize the look of the sky.
It hadn't ever occurred to me to wonder about this strangely lifeless place beside an ocean as flat and still as a mirror.
And yet... even those musings vanished with the sudden appearance of scintilating gold scales searing through the sky. Eyes like sapphires appeared as Huang's monstrous bestial face came before my own, blotting out the sky.
I wanted to smile.
Thoughts bubbled up.
'Hi, Huang.'
He blinked at me once, massive head drifting lower until his snout brushed my cheek. Warmth flooded me.
"I am proud of you," he murmured into my mind, coiling around me like a boa constrictor locking around its prey. "You did well. Your road hasn't been an easy one... I know. Believe me, I've lived it in my head countless times, but still... you're on the right path."
The world dissolved and all I could see, feel, and sense was his presence. I felt so safe and warm with his massive golden body curled around me this way.
Amused thoughts bubbled. 'I saw your texts with Echo.'
He didn't react much, save to stick his forked snake-like tongue out and lazily wiggle it in my face. "I know... he's quite an annoying little troll, isn't he?"
Love bloomed hot inside me and the stars vanished into infinite.
'Yes...' I silently agreed, 'but I love him and his weirdness and his snarky personality... and that's why, I fucking owe you for saving him. Thank you, Huang. Thank you.'
His eyes slid halfway closed.
His massive head lowered, settling down beside me, an azure disk the size of my whole head--horns and all--staring deep.
"Think of it as an apology for hurting you," he murmured into my mind, and somehow I sensed his guilt. "I know full well that I was only doing what was truly necessary, but still... I am indeed sorry for hurting you. That doesn't mean, however, that I will ever apologize for doing what I did and intervening. It was the correct thing to do because I needed to become an object of your hatred if my plan was ever going to succeed."
His words pierced my heart so deep that the entire universe faded and flickered.
His golden scales greyed a little.
A barrage of thoughts rose from the depths of my soul.
'You made me hate you on purpose?'
'Why?'
'How could you do that?'
'I was so mean to you!'
'Why did you try to take away my choice if you knew I was going to treat you terribly!'
Huang was unbothered by my questions. They rolled off his hide like water.
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WerewolfHorst McKenzie is a happy person... or at least, that's what he'd say if you asked him. It's also what he tries to make everyone believe, including himself, but as the hybrid son of a werewolf and a satyr, he is a living, breathing remnant from an o...
