I felt it the moment it began. A hunger, deep inside me, gnawing at my insides. It wasn’t the hunger of starvation, or the need for food. No, this was something darker. Something primal. I could feel the bloodlust rising in me, a tide I couldn’t control. My body trembled as the urge to kill surged, as if it were calling to me from the depths of my soul.
My hands were shaking violently as I stumbled out of the cave, the darkness of the night pressing in on all sides. The cool air did nothing to quell the fire inside me. The energy, the power that had been awakened in me when I brought Ash back to life, was now spreading through my veins like poison. I had never felt anything like it before.
I gasped for breath, trying to steady myself, but it was no use. The pull was too strong. My vision
