Phoenix Maplewood No more need for the old empire

His sneer began as confusion, though it quickly morphed into a sort of cold hatred. Something had happened to his Aunt Avicus? Well, good riddance.

Fuck your mother, he spat, all the vitriol of yore spilling out of him, and fuck you too.

Atreus could’ve left it at that, turning his back on his cousin, her missing mother and their whole plight. But just looking at her ugly face and hearing her shout unfounded accusations at him stoked the dormant rage.

Without thinking, he sprang at her. He wrestled her to the ground, where she flipped onto her back. Atreus ignored her hind legs kicking his pudgy gut as he pinned her to the ground and brought a paw to her throat with crushing force. His face descended a moment later, his fangs replacing his paw.

He saw red.