Lucien whispered silently as he accepted his fate, waiting for his body to be chewed and crushed—but the expected pain never came. Instead, a thunderous, ear-piercing cry erupted from the monster holding him.
The agonizing cry lasted only a second, leaving the air in dead silence afterward.
'Ha...?'
Lucien couldn't see what was happening; his body was already too broken, and even breathing properly was a struggle. He felt himself suddenly drenched in murky blood as the tentacle holding his leg vanished.
Then he felt his injured body plummeting downward at a terrifying speed. His mind unconsciously supplied to him: dropping from such a height would surely kill him.
But before Lucien could hit the ground, a pair of arms embraced his body mid-air.
A choked voice followed the warmth, one that seemed to have finally lost all reason.
"Stay… stay with me, please. Lucien. Cien. Cien… Cien. My salvation. Stay with me."
