Waya

The story blends suspense and psychological tension, exploring fear rooted in isolation and the unknown. It contrasts rationality with primal instinct, showing how curiosity can lure one into danger. Waya embodies the forest’s menace, a human shaped by solitude and survival, while the protagonist’s skepticism meets harsh consequences in a world where rules of civilization hold no power.

Waya means Wolf in Cherokee.

Summary Fresh out of college, you visit your father, a new Sheriff’s Deputy, in Iron River, a town shadowed by disappearances and the foreboding Whisper Woods. Ignoring warnings, you enter the forest, unaware of Waya, a feral, calculating Werewolf raised in isolation by his mother Noya. When an axe strikes nearby, you face him curious, dangerous, and waiting to see who survives.

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