20
VRUHAG
Everything around me was quiet. I kept my eyes closed and took in my surroundings, pretending to be still asleep. I couldn't hear nor smell the monster anymore. But the fresh scent of the forest was also missing, just an echo of it clinging to my skin. We were no longer in the jungle. And that slight whirr, the vibration against my back so faint most people would have ignored it, signalled that I was on a spaceship or station.
Horror roiled through me. They'd taken me back to my cell. Taken my mate from me.
My diamond claws pushed through my skin, but I stayed still for now. I'd have to gather more information. Turning into a raging berserker wouldn't bring my mate back.
I could still smell her. She was close. At least they hadn't left her on Kalumbu to be killed and eaten b
