Clearly, he'd been infected by the mutant virus—and now he'd turned.
Gavin's vision was drenched in red. Though fragments of memory still clung to his mind, a savage, bloodthirsty hunger had taken over.
He stared at Lily ahead of him, Adam's apple twitching. Saliva, tinged with blood, dribbled from the corners of his mouth, stringing down in thick, sticky lines.
"So... hungry... I'm starving!"
His voice was hoarse, guttural—more beast than man.
Lily turned, and the moment her eyes met his, her tear-filled gaze froze. Her face went pale with terror.
"Gavin, you…"
"I... I can't stop it. I really can't—RAHHH!" Gavin let out a feral roar and lunged at her.
The man who once risked everything to protect her was now charging to devour her. That's how vicious the mutant virus was—it didn't just twist the body, it crushed the soul.
Even love, once thought unbreakable, was now reduced to nothing. Gavin had become a full-blown monster.
