EIRA’S POV

My back landed on the rocky hard surface of the tunnel. I crossed my arms to protect myself from his bite. I closed my eyes, waiting for the possible pain that I would encounter. It took a long time, but he was not biting me. I opened my right eye, only to find out that he was staring at me as if he knew me. I shut my eyes again when he licked my face.

Oh, no. The chimpanzee knows me. Or he had mistaken me to identify me with someone he knew?

I recognized that he was a male because he was large. He groaned as if...