I lost the time I spent chasing and killing the hunters on my way. But what bothered me most was I was able to taste the forbidden flesh of humans.
It was like a drug, so addictive. I thought I would have been poisoned, but I didn't. I want more. I wanted to have more.
When I grabbed the keys from the guard near the Gramps' cage, I found him dying. His wounds advanced on his legs, and the maggots increased. He was literally being eaten alive.
I immediately shifted, opened his cage, and unlocked the shackle from his neck.
"Let's go, Gramps. Some wolves are attacking this lab and freeing everyone," I told him as I carried his thin body.
"Are you Aeris?"
I furrowed and looked down on him while I carried him. His eyes were closed.
"Yes, it's me. It has been years, right? Don't wor
