A TEST OF WORTH
Vivienne’s POV
Balthazar whistled, sharp and piercing.
The sound made an echo in the cold chamber. The incubators filled with murky green fluid trembled slightly, their grotesque contents floating, but deathly still.
Again, something shifted in the shadows—something massive.
Then it stepped into the light, and my heart dropped.
A monster. I had never seen anything like it. Twisted, towering, and wrong. It walked like a man but looked like nothing of this world.
It had patchy, tangled fur that clung to it's bulging but distorted muscles. With arms so long, its claws trailed on the floor behind it. Its red eyes glowed with a hint of consciousness. Eyes that locked onto mine with a hunger that made my blood run cold.
Balthazar reached out and ran a hand over the cre
