Capítulo 229: let me fall

The air became unflinchingly tight. Lucien detects movement. In the corner. He see figures. Shapes of five, seven, ten men coming towards to where they are. Lucien open his mouth to say something. To protest. To implore Ava to let him go. He will attend the exchange. 

Sam interrupted, "Are you saying the beast always howl at night? What about when it attack? Did it howl too?"

"Of course it did!" One lady with flush yellow robe answered. "Whenever it did, we already know there are people who climbed up in the mountain to kill it!" 

Sam clarified, "So you're saying… when people attack, the beast will roar and bite off their necks and stomach? And it never once go silent when it retaliate intruders?"

All five ladies shake their heads. Sam pinch his nose. "Then that's even more strange."

"What's strange?"