Chapter 333: Genetically-Altered Rat

Azagor woke before the sun came up and lay looking down at his breeder. She was different from how he'd thought she'd be, and he wouldn't have her any other way. Moving carefully so as not to wake her, he went to the kitchen and made coffee while he talked to Zacar.

"I am bringing my breeder to the mountain."

"You will present her to me on arrival," Zacar said.

"Yes, my leader." He hesitated. "She is different than the other breeders. Do not scare her."

"She lacks courage?"

"No, she has scars on her body from punishments where they burned and whipped her. Her own people."

Zacar growled low in his throat. "Bring her here. She will be safe, and I will not scare her."