Chapter 28 I Never Asked You To

• TW: Blood, Body Horror.
• Eden groaned, his breath rattling in his chest like something caught between choking and laughter. Blood spilled from the corner of his mouth; his teeth bled red. He grinned up at Kayne with that cracked smile, like he'd just heard the funniest joke in the world.
• "I saw it," Eden wheezed. "Something... else. That thing inside you. It's not human. It's coming—in three months. Maybe less. And you…you're—”