Chapter 26

4. Name “Ngh, ah, gaaah! Hrk!” Eden collapsed forward with a dull thud, like a broken doll. He began to crawl, trembling as he tore at his hair. Prone on the floor, he scratched wildly at his scalp, letting out horrific screams that didn’t sound human. A sickening sensation kept striking him, as if an axe were slamming into the pinky-nail-sized bumps that had been there. No, it felt more like thousands of lightning bolts striking all at once. Gasping for breath, he clawed frantically at his head until blood seeped under his fingernails. It hurt so badly that choked groans and screams burst from his throat all at once. Where pieces of flesh had torn away, horns tangled with