g blue text hovering above

d - High-Level B

. She sat back on her hee

d. "So the royal bloodline from the novel-it's re

ase coiled in her stomach. The novel had mentioned his royal awakening, but the syste

d behind that clearanc

indifference. "Furthermore, his hidden status is irr

to be. But if the system was hiding something even from someone who had read

ed groan. It didn't matter what secret lineage he was hiding.

ved down to his chest, gently dabbing

st ached. The sheer brutality of the wounds was sicke

bottle of hemostatic powder. She tilted it, letting

hed the raw flesh, it emit

e floor. A guttural, animalistic roar

apped in some hellish nightmare, bu

acked and elongated. Thick black fur erupted from his skin, an

herself backward, but

black claw gr

hand over her cheek, feeling the warm, sticky slide of her own bloo

s blinding red warning of a soul-detonation echoed louder in her mind than her own terror. If he tore those wounds open and bled out, she would be

fying black claws, she slammed both of her hands down onto his b

you," Kaylee whispered frantically, her

oothing tone of her voice, or the medicine finally taking e

y went limp. The black fur and claws melte

g through the silence. "Target is currently unconscious. His threat perce

she quickly sprinkled the powder over his rema

an fur from her bed and drap

e slumped agains

ure inside the hut plummeted,

and some dry moss from a corner. After several frustrating, skin-scraping

the darkness, casting long, da

on the table. She tore off the thick rind and ate half

hip to a lowly slave was an extreme insult that could get her killed if discovered. She hesitated, her fingers hovering over the fruit. But right now, the dying man needed the sugar and hydration more than sh

ck, she gently lifted his head. She pressed the rim of the w

tinctively, swallowing the

ut thinking, she reached out her free hand to brus

ngertips brushed his skin,

were the glowing, predatory gol

. No grogginess. There was only ab

to hers, and it felt like she was staring down the throat