Pain erupted in my back and neck as Xavier's fangs sank into my flesh. A vicious growl from him made my body rumble in it, and I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to overcome the searing pain.

He lifted me in his mouth, and I hung like a rag doll. My left arm stiffened and started thrumming in agony, and I wondered what he had cut off. A snicker-like sound rode out through his chest as he started running down the street with me in his clutch. Every step he took, felt like a brick put over my body, trapping me in a deep grave. My right hand was broken...