Faced with the unbridled hostility of the men surrounding her, Claudia couldn't help but recall an experience, one which had scarred her for life.
It happened a few months after she turned.
She managed to escape from her captors and after finding her way to the surface, she rushed home, hoping that her parents would keep her safe.
Imagine her shock when she got home, expecting hugs only to be struck by a club and sprayed with holy water.
The physical pain was nothing compared to the psychological and emotional pain she went through that day.
She was treated as a monster and if she hadn't escaped, she would have ended up dead.
Ironic that she ended up back in the den she ran away from.
As one of the men surrounding her raised a club, threatening to bring it down on her head with immense force, Claudia saw her father instead of the man.
His empty and emotionless eyes, his furious expression… it was all the same.
They saw her as nothing more than an animal to be slaughtered.
