Slowly, he reached out, fingers pressing into the wretched™s arm. The skin peeled away like paper, flesh beneath twitching, nerves exposed. A screamed” sharp, cracking into sobs. He listened, savoring the sound.
Then the needle. A thin, blackened spike filled with something worse than poison. He pushed it deep into the torn flesh. The venom rushed through the veins, burning, rotting, destroying from within. The body convulsed, limbs jerking like a broken puppet, eyes rolling back to show nothing but white.
But it wasn™t enough. Not yet.
His hand moved lower, pressing against the chest. Fingers curled. Ribs cracked under his grip, flesh splitting as he reached deeper, deeper” warmth, wetness, something pulsing. He wrapped his hand around it.
The wretch twitched, spasmed. Lips moved, begging.
He ripped the heart free.
A wet, sickening squelch. Blood poured over his fingers, thick and steaming. The body shuddered” then collapsed. Lifeless. Useless.
He stared at the heart in his palm, feeling the last, weak beats. Then, without hesitation, he clenched his fist.
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