What Kind of Monster Are You?

Thomas's body then slid down the wooden door, eventually leaning against it, head tilted to the side, and slumped to the ground, gradually losing his life.

James looked at Thomas, whom he had killed in a fit of rage, and felt utterly confused.

Thomas killed his father, and was then killed by his own hand. Just before he died, he was told that Thomas might be his biological father!

James felt like he was about to break down, and he didn't know what to do.

In a panic, James couldn't help but think of his mother, his only remaining relative and his only source of support. On the verge of a mental breakdown, he instinctively wanted to seek refuge with his mother.

However, when he turned around again and looked at his mother with eyes full of panic, helplessness, and expectation, Elizabeth looked at him with a strange gaze filled with hatred.

"What kind of monster are you?"

Elizabeth said through gritted teeth.

Although she instinctively pushed Thomas's gun away and saved James, she never expected it would kill Thomas. If she had known it would turn out this way, she might not have made the right choice.

In fact, Elizabeth's relationship with James was never very deep to begin with.

Before James, Elizabeth and John Howlett had a son, but he died unexpectedly shortly after James' birth.

Elizabeth was preoccupied with the death of her first son, Little John, and thus neglected James, showing him little concern.

James has been physically weak since childhood, frequently catching colds and fevers, and often experiencing allergic reactions.

Elizabeth hardly cared for him; when he was sick, it was Victor and John Howlett who took care of him most of the time.

Therefore, in Elizabeth's mind, James's position was not actually that important.

Elizabeth stopped Thomas from killing him out of instinct, but if she had to choose between her lover and her son, whom she was not close to and who had grown claws like a monster, she would most likely have chosen the former. Otherwise, she wouldn't have ignored James for so many years.

As for his feelings for Thomas, the two had actually maintained a romantic relationship for many years until John Howlett discovered the truth not long ago, which led to Thomas being driven away. Thomas was unwilling to be "separated," which is why he came to Howlett's manor with a shotgun after getting drunk and tried to kidnap Thomas.

When Elizabeth heard Thomas banging on the door and calling her name, she didn't turn him away. Instead, she didn't even have time to change her clothes and went to open the door for him naked, wearing only a thin nightgown.

Of course, she didn't open the door because she wanted to go with him. She didn't want to leave the manor, give up her wealthy life, and become a poor peasant woman with Thomas.

She just wanted to appease Thomas, get him to leave temporarily, and prevent things from escalating so that he could continue his affair behind John Howlett's back.

She never expected that Thomas would completely ignore her words and insist on taking her away. When John Howlett appeared to stop him, Thomas shot and killed him without warning.

Although she felt a pang of guilt and regret when John Howlett was killed, it was only for a moment. Deep down, her feelings for her lover Thomas still far outweighed those for John Howlett and James.

It must be said that Thomas and Elizabeth truly lived up to their reputation as lovers, being cold-hearted towards their wives and husbands, and showing no affection whatsoever for their own son.

Elizabeth ignored James, while Thomas brutally beat and abused Victor. When James charged at him with his claws outstretched, Thomas raised his shotgun without hesitation. If Elizabeth hadn't pushed the barrel away to stop him from killing more, the bullet would have hit James, just like when he killed John Howlett!

Now, because of her intervention, she saved her son, who had turned into a "monster," from Thomas's gun, but her "lover" was killed by the "monster" son, which filled her with hatred for James.

Faced with his mother Elizabeth's hateful gaze and her question, "What kind of monster are you?", James felt his last pillar of support crumble, and he lost his last refuge in this world. A chilling cold overwhelmed him, and his already fragile spirit completely collapsed!

At this moment, all he wanted was to escape from here, to get away from all of this!

And that's exactly what he did. Barefoot and wearing his red pajamas, James rushed out of the open door, running at full speed into the distance against the biting autumn wind, disappearing into the night.

James experienced a series of upheavals in a short period of time, including his adoptive father being shot and killed by his biological father, two pairs of bone claws growing on his hands, turning him into a "monster," and then using them to kill his biological father with his own hands, as well as being hated by his mother.

This series of events completely shattered young James' fragile spirit. He rushed into the darkness, running aimlessly in an unknown direction. His mind was blank, with only one sentence echoing in his head: Get out of here!

James learned his true parentage: he was not John Howlett's biological son, and the manor was no longer his home. All his relatives were either killed or hated him. Overnight, he became destitute in this world, and his once warm home was completely destroyed, never to return!

Unable to bear this huge change and blow, James chose to escape; at this moment, he just wanted to get as far away from this place of heartbreak as possible.

Since the estate is located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, although the terrain is flat, there are still many dense forests around it.

Running through the night, James quickly disappeared into a grove of trees. He showed no sign of stopping, continuing his mad dash into the depths of the woods, stepping over the thick layer of fallen leaves.

But soon, a figure caught up from behind him, pounced on him, and tackled him to the ground.

James, who had fallen, struggled to his feet, turned around quickly, clenched his fists and raised them to his chest, and shouted in a panic.

"I don't want to kill him! I don't!"

The person who tackled him was Victor, who had chased after him after he fled.

"You've already killed him!"

Victor loudly interrupted James's instinctive explanation. Running at full speed to catch up with James had left him slightly out of breath. After pausing to catch his breath, Victor looked directly into James's eyes and said with utmost seriousness.

"He reaped what he sowed; you did nothing wrong!"