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Dozens are slaughtered within seconds, torn to ragged, fleshy shreds by the frenzied fire of Juni Swan&039;s soldiers But the stench of blood only drives the rest of us wilder We push on without pause, leaping over the jerking bodies of the dead and dying, ignoring the peril, the bullets, the fallen Not a single beast turns and runs

I&039; all just to be one of the first to claim a human heart It&039;s crazy I should hold back and let them do my dirty work But for a few mad mo and bellowing, as et as any other olf

Then we&039;re on the terrified soldiers, hacking at the down on their sweet, soft flesh and oh-so-chewable bones Huunfire and howls The line disintegrates beneath us I&039; at an empty corridor I have to stop, swivel and dive back into the fray to claim my victims and be part of the barbaric, bloody feast

I don&039;t kno much time passes It could be seconds orMy world becoy flesh, brittle bones, juicy inner organs I butcher heartlessly, wolfishly I don&039;t kno many Bodies are tossed around and pulled apart like chicken wings at a party

When the bloodlust finally passes-when I&039;ve had y flesh I&039; with noise I stare at ust and sha hits me I&039;m neither appalled nor shocked In this new form I have no delusions I&039;m a killer Whether a killer of demons, olves or huic in the Demonata universe Now I&039;ve murdered with my hands and teeth here I feel no htered than the demons I fried To a beast like me, there&039;s no real difference

I look around for Meera, Ti in a doorway, transfixed, faces pale, eyes aith horror Even the usually unflappable Timas Brauss looks disturbed I sneer at their expressions, wipe a hand across my lips, then lick the to eat," I chuckle hoarsely

"Grubbs you this" Meera can&039;t find words to express what she feels

"I did what I had to," I grunt "It was a fair fight"

"But you enjoyed it!" Meera gasps "You laughed as you killed The way you drank"

"I was thirsty," I shrug

Before Meera can say anything else, I call my private retinue of advanced olves to my side Not all of the chosen cohoulishly, blood dripping froo and find Juni," I tell them, and over the mounds of dead bodies we climb

Not all of the soldiers perished at the perimeter Some dropped back when they realised their cause was lost They&039;re fleeing through the compound, pursued by ravenous olves I don&039;t knohere they think they can hide It&039;s over They&039;ll be tracked down and slit frohter It&039;s hard not to give in to temptation and hunt with the pack Juni&039;s just one person (or whatever the hell it is that she&039;s become) There are so many others to chase and murder I have to focus to keep my feral nature in check I tellher will be greater than a dozen huht be happier if I surrendered to my desires and ran wild I&039;d like to butcher freely while the butchering&039;s good

I&039;uns from the corpses I don&039;t bother eapons I relied oneven better- claws and fangs

Soly at the huuard warn theht not be so obedient But there&039;s plenty for all to eat now, so they&039;re willing to let these three snack-boxes on legs pass un The stench of Juni&039;s sickly sweet sweat fillswith fear, that she&039;s trapped, nowhere to run, dreading our confrontation If she&039;s not afraid now, I&039;ll show her fear before I kill her I don&039;t want her to die without knohat it&039;s like to tremble in the clutches of oneon her location, I feel a sweep of soh the co It seeps into rateful for the extra strength, but I&039; can only -ahas been opened I&039;ht any nu ahead of me to safety in the foul universe she&039;s chosen to call ho ahead of the others, shouldering a door aside, rushing down a corridor, ho in on the scent of Juni Swan

"Grubbs!" shouts Meera "Wait Don&039;t go in there alone"

But nothing can stop ht h another doorway and into the rooed

Thehovers near the back of the roo to follow Juni, even though I know it&039;s suicide Then a bolt of energy knocksa screaer and realise I&039;ve been tricked Juni&039;s still here She was standing to the left of the door Easy to spot if I&039;d been paying attention, but I lost my wits for a few vital seconds Now she has the upper hand

As I lurch towards her, she mutters a spell and the floor at my feet explodes Splinters shoot into my stomach, chest and face I instinctively jerk noring the stinging pain of the splinters buried in hts on the pustulant, bloodstained, flesh-dripping Juni Swan She&039;s s insanely Beyond her, in the doorway, I see Meera and the others, separated from us by an invisible barrier The olves ofat the barrier with their claws, but it will take ic shield

"Did you think I&039;d leave without saying goodbye?" Juni giggles

"I&039;ll kill you!" I roar "I&039;ll rip your head from your neck and-"

"Please don&039;t finish," Juni interrupts "I detest vulgarity" She waves a hand at me and the splinters expand and burrow deeper into asp and collapse to my knees Another couple of seconds and they&039;ll pierce my heart and brain

If you&039;ll allow me some leeway the voice of the Kah-Gash murmurs The splinters shoot out of my body and rain down on Juni That catches her by surprise With a shriek, she covers her eyes, protecting the the newly developedacross the room and bowl Juni over I sla flesh of her sto her teeth, treans and jerk hard My hand shlups out, trailing guts Blood splatters the floor I gurgle with delight

Juni screaic flares and the flesh around the hole heals I don&039;t care While she&039;s repairing herself, I latch on to her head, jaht ear, and start chewing h to her brain

Juni&039;s fresh screaht I alerous she is I can&039;t give her any freedom Best to chew quickly and disable her