NIKOLAI
"Claude," I breathed, but the sound barely left my lips. My pulse spiked up, violent beat against my ribs, my breathing harshand uneven. "Andrie, where the f**k are you?" My voice was rough, but it didn't matter. Nothing mattered except the screen in front of me.
Then the door to my room slammed open.
And Claude—
He wasn't human.
Claws ripped through flesh. Blood splattered across the walls. His movements were fast, brutal, nothing like before. His teeth bared, his body twisted in something raw, something vicious. A predator.
Feral.
It settled deep inside me sinking into every f*****g bones.
He wasn't fighting to survive. He was hunting.
A slow breath left my lips, my chest curling. He didn't need protection.
I switched the screen, catching Andrie ru
