inFAMOUS 6:

The Vicious

Prologue

My back hit the tree, and then he was on me. His hand squeezed around my throat and kept one of my arms pinned to my side. I struggled to breathe as he smiled and then pressed his lips against mine.

I tried to scream, but I was running out of air. He took his mouth away and sighed in exasperation.

"God, I never imagined you'd taste this good!" he gasped, and licked his lips. "It's too damn bad that you didn't—."

He was ripped off of me and thrown nearly ten feet away. My knees buckled and I hit the forest's ground, coughing to get some air in my lungs and holding my throat gently with my hands.

I heard him get up. "You!" he growled.

I was terrified as I heard them start to fight. The sound of flesh hitting flesh and bones breaking made me want to curl up and pretend I didn't exist. Here I was, a fear Conduit, a person who became stronger off of others' fear, and I was completely helpless. The only fear was my own.

He was hurled into the tree and fell on top of me. He angrily picked me up and put a knife to my throat.

"Don't fucking move!" he screamed, and started to back away from my rescuer. "I'll slit her throat if you do!"

The only one who was afraid was me.