Chapter 139. I'm a Monster Too

A second of silence passed by, "But it wasn't enough..." He trailed off.

"Why?"

"I couldn't live off on feeding on animals. It just didn't seem to be enough. The hunger only grew from there and it kept on growing until this one day, during a fight, someone was terribly injured and his blood was all over the place. I tried to stop myself but I couldn't-I tasted him, his blood and it strengthened me." The gloom disappeared from his eyes and I took a step back when I found hunger replacing the sadness within them.

"So...you feed on blood...of people?" I mumbled.

"Without the blood, I'm dead, Brinley. I tried. A few days into the experiment and I barely could stand straight. Another week and I was driven to bed, inching my death as I controlled my hunger while you were there asleep", He shook his head, "I'm a monster and I cannot live without blood just like the monster who attacked you."

I swallowed down the lump forming in my throat and took a breath a