Chapter 38 The One That Screams

• When memory dies, only instinct remains. And instinct doesn’t want peace. It wants blood. The vault door groaned open beneath the shattered ruins of Havenreach. Victor stood at the edge of the blast chamber, flanked by two surviving drone techs. No lights. No systems. Only that sound. That breathing.
• Heavy. Uneven. Animal. Victor whispered:
• “Screamborn… awaken.” The thing inside didn’t answer. It didn’t speak. It just screamed. And the walls began to crack.