As Kasen spoke, his handsome, world-weary face filled with fear and hatred. His hands tightened around the stone basin he was holding, and the sturdy object was crushed, turning into fine pebbles that fell from between his fingers.
Kasen gritted his teeth, each word seeming to tear from him like a drop of blood. "My sister's Beast Husbands betrayed her. Right in front of me, they used a Stone Blade to kill her... and then they dismembered her."
They had mated with her. They were her partners, her lovers, who were supposed to have loved her deeply.
But when that strange female appeared, it was as if they forgot all their feelings for her, instead loving the newcomer with pious, fanatical devotion.
They cut off Ke Li's head, severed her limbs, and sliced open her body. With both hands, they pulled out her heart and, with faces full of piety, presented it to that strange female.
It was like believers offering a sacrifice to their god.
