Chapter 61

He had imagined that he would have felt remorseful or even the slightest bit shocked but it surprised him, and scared him — that he felt a sense of defeat and a great sense of loss. It almost felt as if seeing and hearing that he wasn’t the only beast around left him completely mortified and yet he was not.

He saw an illusion of another beast. It appeared then it was gone in a snap of a finger.

Calleb thought what could be or what could have been the best thing that he could have done. For he was left motionless, and almost felt number when the Shadows fists landed on his jaw and stomach.

He heard another sniff and then another one of the Shadows moved into the light. And then another and another … and another. Within moments, six more of those creatures appeared, twining their bodies against one another, coating each other with more blood and more human remains. Rotten flesh, absolutely putride and gut wrenching.

The stench was unbearable and Calleb had to hold on to his breath fo