The Beta's Daughter
Blood pooled around it, and I tried to keep my gaze away from its source.
I tried to avert my eyes, but they were drawn along the path of blood. As they followed the trail, I felt detached from my body. I did not wish to look, to see; yet I felt compelled, unable to drag my eyes away from the hole where the creature’s heart had once been.
As if in slow motion I noticed the matted, blood-soaked fur around the wound. The fur started there, at the heart, and spread across its chest and towards its back, but it seemed as though it had never made it to its legs, neck, or face.
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