The wilderness, the darkness before dawn, seemed as if a celestial ink bottle from heaven used for penning hymns to the gods had been knocked over, staining everything in an all-encompassing, endless dark.
Then, Adrian could clearly see the young man being swallowed whole.
"Ah!"
Ann screamed out, hastily covering her mouth in shock at the sight before her.
They couldn't believe it, Zed had been devoured by the monster. They knew Zed wielded influence just started outside the city and had noticed his attempts to woo them to his side, but all that was irrelevant now.
It was the end. Throughout their journey, they had seen countless people devoured by these "whales", leaving nothing behind. The victims had simply vanished.
"What should we... do now?"
Ann's voice trembled slightly, laced with helplessness. Her once-long dress was now tattered and stained with blood, covered with a coat she'd scavenged from somewhere unknown.
