Chapter 29
Adam
The fog surges, thick and angry, demanding blood.
I need to hunt and kill, but there’s nothing here in this cave.
Nothing! The only creatures I see are hiding behind an invisible wall where I can’t reach them, no matter how hard I try.
I can smell their fear, and it’s delicious.
They’re right to be afraid. When I get through this invisible wall, I’ll bury my claws in their bodies and tear them apart.
Yes! The fog likes that idea, but a quieter part of my mind is telling me I’m missing something. Something important. Something I had and now I don’t, but I want it because it’s mine. Mine!
My roar makes the creatures flinch. Good. But what am I missing? Did they take it from me?
Sometimes the creatures make noises as they approach the barrier, but my snarls, roars, and vicious attacks on the invisible wall always make them back away.
Like prey, they cower in the corner, but I will get to them.
And once I do, they will give me what I’m missing.
Because I want it. I need it. But what is it?
More creatures arrive, and that’s when I smell it.
My something. That’s what they took. Rage floods me, and I throw myself against the barrier with all my might, tearing into it with claws and teeth.
The scent intensifies, and I realize it’s coming from a creature.
My creature. It’s mine! Another creature is carrying it, and that enrages me even more.
No one can touch what’s mine! I will kill them.
Every single one. Then it will be just me and my creature. My…my something.
Pain lances through my head, making me whimper and clutch at my temples, but I don’t retreat.
Not until I have my creature. I need it.
The pain will go away once I have it. I’m sure of it.
I will take it, hold it, and it will be mine, and everything will be right.
But first, I’ll kill the others so they don’t take it away from me again.