His Final Step
Fifty-word story [24]
The wolf took his final step. He crumpled onto the hard-packed earth.
The animal gazed glassy-eyed as a vast horde of translucent beasts wandered closer. Even his former companion — the kind, older man with the beard and blade — limped towards the wolf, smiling.
Death came for all in the end.
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