#Chapter49

I gagged at the crunching sounds Ryze made, which suddenly had me feeling sick.

“You want to keep him, you got to feed him properly. They are carnivorous birds, Aleera.”

I nodded, but I didn’t think I could force a mouse to die after seeing how viciously he’d killed it. Tobias tried to pass me one, and I shook my head, feeling my stomach grow queasy.

“How do you expect to look after him if you won’t feed him?”

“You couldn’t bring dead ones?” I asked.

Tobias looked down at the cage, not watching his hand, and Ryze struck again, plucking the squeaking mouse.

“Fucker,” Tobias hissed, sucking his...