"This is the life I never dared to imagine before."
Buck suddenly looked up.
The facial features that once showed human characteristics were now completely beastified, with rough and dense fur covering every last bit of skin.
Saliva dripped naturally, and the long, narrow mouthpiece faintly revealed the bone-white cold gleam of fangs.
"Even though there were some business problems, making the whole family bear debts that couldn't be repaid in decades of normal work, during those darkest days, I never gave up hope."
"Because I knew, even if life would be difficult for a while, at least Sarah, Kerry, and Little Daphne would still be by my side."
"And as long as I took a few more tasks and earned more money, even if the source wasn't clean, all the hardships would eventually pass."
"Ten years is fine, twenty or thirty years doesn't matter, someday I could return to that beautiful life."
"But..."
