Mate? Or Die!
“It first starts with a fever, then body pain – and your mind? It betrays you. You do not heal if you are bitten or scratched in any way. We couldn’t risk turning into monsters. So we helped each other... end it.”
I almost couldn’t believe what I had just heard if not for the evidence. “You’re the last one?”
The man nodded as tears streamed down his face. “I don’t want to turn, but please... I can’t do it myself.”
I tightened my jaw as my hand reaching for the silver dagger at my side. “I’m sorry,” I said quietly.
The man closed his eyes, and I drove the blade into his heart, ending his suffering.
Draven staggered back as his face turned pale. “How could you do that?”