Malachite
Rebirth
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The glass tinkles as it breaks, falling like so many diamonds across the carpet.
He bites his lower lip and pulls the blanket up past his nose, blinking at the glowing green eyes that prowl towards him.
He wants to scream for Daddy, but he can't, because it's as though his throat is slick with ice.
Sharp fangs pierce his shoulder, and the ice shatters, his scream finally flying free from his throat. The coppery stench of blood invades his nostrils, flavoured with the rank odour of the monster's fur, and he feels bile rise in his throat.
His bed squishes beneath him, his blood soaking into it like a sponge.
The door bursts open, and he's dimly aware of his parents screaming, and the monster leaping out the broken window. His shoulder burns, and he feels a fire spreading through his veins, from the bite to his fingers and his toes, and his entire body is aflame.
He screams, the darkness creeping at his vision as his daddy grabs him, and he feels his mummy holding something against his shoulder.
The last thing he sees as his world goes black is a pair of green eyes in the night.
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