THE HUNT

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Nathaniel, a young soldier, has joined the search party.

Although their primary objective is to protect the prince, they must constantly be careful not to attract the mercenaries to themselves or to any clues they might find that could lead them to the lost prince.

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After months of travel, the group arrives at a city where they decide to stay for a few days. It is there that Nathaniel befriends a merchant, whom he invites to dine with the group.

Upon arriving, Nathaniel notices how the merchant becomes increasingly nervous as he recognizes the faces of his companions. Before he can do anything, the merchant flees, slipping away through alleyways and behind walls. Nathaniel had unknowingly found the prince, and just as unknowingly, he had slipped through his fingers.

As if things couldn't get any worse, they learn that a group of mercenaries has been spying on their movements in the city.

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Nathaniel feels guilty about what happened and senses the mercenaries' threat drawing ever closer. In a moment of desperation, he resorts to the easiest solution to find him, but one whose cost could be incalculable: magic.

He finds a way to enhance his senses, easily detect any trace, and obtain inexhaustible energy to search day and night without stopping. But within him, the spirit of a beast has been born, consuming his body; the more he tries to control it, the more it rebels against him.

Fear grips him in every conscious moment, and with each passing second, he feels this new being taking over more of him. Now he is in a race against time against the mercenaries and against his own body.

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