Blood dribbled down Seth's lips, his pupils constricted to pinholes as he looked right down at the claw that had shredded through the uppermost part of his abdomen.
If there was any point Seth had ever been closest to death, it was now.
The charm beast? The Earth's core? Even his unfair encounter with his family's elders…
None of them had bruised his heart so closely. A familiar chill washed over him.
One he thought he had always experienced, but in truth the closest he had ever come to it was during his savage brawl against the charm beast…
The fear of death! 'I'm going to die!' This phrase rang in his skull like a mantra.
Kaiden's lips stretched into a chilling grin, his tail swayed from left to right, his crimson eyes burning brighter.
In his eyes this battle was as good as over. He had won. He had crushed this human. No matter how frightening a threat Seth had posed, in the end Kaiden came out on top.
Feeling confident, he pulled… but his hands refused to budge.
