"Kraaaah!"

The creature roared, opening its massive maw toward him.

Nox lay on the ground, dazed and in agony.

After being struck by the monster's tail and slammed into the wall for a second time, he was in no condition to move. Pain racked his body as he fought to stay conscious.@@novelbin@@

‘No, I need to stay awake… Miss Cherry and Lady Ruskin are in danger…’

But now wasn’t the time to worry about Cherry and Vanilla. The creature was approaching him, and Nox knew he was about to die.

Surely, the beast would devour him. Bracing himself for the agony to come, he tightly shut his eyes—and then everything went dark.

A grating sound filled his ears as fragments of consciousness returned to him.

Nox realized he was being dragged somewhere.

He had no idea who—or what—was dragging him, but one thing was clear: he hadn’t been torn apart by the monster.

All around him were trees.

The rough dirt ground scraped against his body as he was dragged along, and just as he bumped his head on a rock, everything went black again.

*****

After sending Nox back to the police station, I walked slowly with Vanilla toward the back of the building.

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