Security Breach: The Last Shift

Previously

…My heart hammered against my ribs, a frantic drumbeat against the symphony of chaos. I couldn't let that happen. I wouldn't. I pushed off the wall, a low growl rumbling in my chest. The fear was still there, a cold knot in my gut, but it was now overshadowed by a fierce, unyielding resolve. I was a Thorne. And this was my fight. My primal defense. I charged, a blur of fur and fury, straight into the heart of the storm. The escape was forgotten. The past was irrelevant. There was only the present, and the monstrous entity that threatened to consume everything I loved. My last shift had just become the fight of my life. And I would not fail.