Mizuki As the howling started outside, I ran my tongue over the gaps in my teeth where my fangs would be growing in, and this time, no one would pull them out again. I could feel the pounding of my heart, the blood rushing through my veins, and the steady expanding and contracting of my lungs as I tried to remain patient, even as the obvious sounds of battle streamed in from outside. The pained screaming of dying men- monsters- brought a smile to my face. Maybe I wouldn't get a chance to kill any of them, but it didn't matter in the end. They'd still be dead and unable to hurt anyone ever again. A shadow fell over the barn and I turned to see a hulking shape all but filling the doorway. His eyes were trained on Daisy, and I could see the relief on her face as he stomped towards her cage

