Chapter 5: Two Souls, One Blood
[12:01 AM | Aryan’s Bedroom]
[The house groans under the howling wind. Inside, Aryan clutches his chest, gasping for air.]
Aryan (ML)
(Whispering)
It’s... too much…
What’s happening to me…?
[His veins glow faintly under his skin. His body feels like it's breaking apart from the inside out.]
inner voice
(deeper now)
(Almost growling)
Let go, Aryan.
You can’t fight it anymore.
[Aryan’s muscles spasm. Bones crack and stretch. His nails lengthen into claws. His skin ripples, giving way to dark, thick fur.]
Aryan (ML)
(Screaming)
No!
No, no, no!!
[His spine arches. His body elongates, shifting violently into a towering beast, half-wolf, half-shadow.]
inner voice
(Calm but firm)
You were never human alone.
You are more.
You were always more.
[Aryan drops onto all fours. A massive dark black wolf now stands where the boy once was — broad-shouldered, fur like midnight smoke, eyes glowing fiercely gold.]
[The room around him is a wreck — furniture splintered, walls clawed apart.]
*[In the mirror, Aryan catches his reflection—and then, beside it, another presence forms.] *
A Wolf Larger than Life.
Eyes like burning coals.
A crown of scars across his snout.
A creature both terrifying and regal.
old wolf
(Speaking directly into Aryan’s mind)
At last, we meet... Aryan.
Aryan (ML)
(thinking)
(Backing away)
Who... what... are you?
old wolf
(Stepping forward)
I am Kael.
Your second soul.
Your protector.
Your blood.
Aryan (ML)
(thinking)
I don’t understand...
Are you some spirit?
A demon?
kael
(chuckling low)
I am you, Aryan.
Born the day you took your first breath.
Hidden…
Until your blood was ready to remember.
Aryan (ML)
(Whispering)
I’m... not alone anymore?
kael
(Listening patiently)
You will live as yourself among humans.
I will live as you among wolves.
Your body, your mind.
My instincts, my strength.
Together... unstoppable.
Aryan (ML)
(hesitant)
And if I lose control?
kael
(Serious)
You won’t.
I will guide you... if you trust me.
[Aryan, still in wolf form, closes his golden eyes. He breathes deeply, feeling Kael’s presence like a second heartbeat.]
[Slowly, the wild rage calms. His muscles respond to thought instead of instinct. He lifts one clawed paw — steady, precise.]
Aryan (ML)
(Thinking)
I’m... still me.
Even like this.
kael
(proudly)
And you are magnificent.
[Aryan pads carefully through the destroyed room, massive paws stepping over debris. He feels the house breathe with him, alive but broken.]
[The rage is gone — only control remains, cold and sharp.]
Aryan (ML)
(Thinking)
I’ll fix this.
All of it.
kael
(Chuckling)
You’ll fix more than this, Aryan.
You’ll rebuild a kingdom.
[Standing in the moonlight, the giant black wolf gazes at the stars, feeling an ancient call humming in his bones.]
kael
(Softly)
Soon... the memories will return.
The blood of kings will awaken fully.
And the world will bow once more to its true heir.
Aryan (ML)
(Whispering into the wind)
Then let them come.
I’m ready.
[For the first time in his life, Aryan feels whole. Two hearts. One soul. Unbreakable.]
[The black wolf howls into the storm — a sound full of rage, sorrow, and destiny.]
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