Chapter 352: Rats
Everywhere he looked he saw red beady eyes. All of them intent on him. He could smell them, smell the blood where they tried to gnaw through skin not covered by his uniform. He knew from experience that, in a few hours, they would manage to eat through his uniform as well.
Where was Susannah? Did Joseph hurt her? Was she still alive? Ignoring his fear and the rats swarming over him, he moved his feet. They ate at his flesh, tried to burrow into his clothes, and he wanted to scream like a weak human, but he was a Zyrgin warrior. And his vocal cords were paralyzed. He tried all his limbs and only his feet jerked, the fingers of his left hand barely twitched.