the threshold of her safe house, her lungs burn
he room that vaguely resembled a kitchen. The c
tively calling upon the [Top-Tier Biolog
er gaze was razor-sharp, enti
er. She dragged the blade across the edge of the metal sink, the harsh scr
hide and sliding perfectly between the vertebrae. With a flick of her wrist, she cleanly
le, peeling back the thick, spiked hide to
had been perfectly dismantled. Prime cuts of meat were
ents, wiping a line of sweat from her f
d the ancient induction burner compl
for salt, pepper, or any basic seasoning. She found n
out fire and salt. Charity let
cial district. She needed b
tly wrapped a premium cut of tenderloin. She shoved it i
ized coat tightly around her to hide her scabs
and the lower-class residents were b
s, heading toward the corridor that
with rusted metal scrap, a shrill,
You're dirtying
a stood with her hands on her hips, scream
er. He was on his knees, desperately clut
oot, aiming a vicious kic
ed forward and caught Brenda's an
nd stumbling backward. She glared furiously at th
ce was a mask of cold indifference. She cr
at her with wide, terrified
she couldn't consume all the meat she had harvested before it spoiled in this humidity, and a small act of goodwill cost her l
I have extra, and it'll rot anyway," she said, her voice soft but
ok of absolute disbelief washed over his face. In this brutal,
ehind them. "Look at the fat
mpletely ignoring Brenda's existence, and walked straig
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