65 Bone Binding

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The Collector clicked its mandibles in rising irritation exacerbated by its unbound emotion and the trigger of desire.

Or to be more specific, desire unfulfilled.

It looked down at the human female specimen craning her neck up at it, taking a shaky step back.

Pitiful.

The stench of fear, a scent that evoked the strongest sense of detest possible from the Collector, reeked from her.

Not at all like the male specimen who emanated only the scent and pressure of the fight.

The Collector had allowed the specimen to show his worth, and he provided ample challenge to exercise the Collector's desire for battle, not to mention the acquisition of several new valuable genetic material specimen from his weapons.

But above all, the Collector had desired the male specimen's core, to devour him wholly as a means of honoring his willingness to stand and fight through a battered body and the oppressive knowledge of facing a superior enemy.