He felt it.
An unfamiliar, searing power, churning and boiling like magma underground, surged uncontrollably from the deepest reaches of his body—from beneath every inch of pale skin and wasted muscle that had been cut, burned, and injected with countless drugs, from the marrow cavities of every bone tested to its limits!
This power was nothing like the "data" measured and recorded in previous experiments.
It was savage, primal, uncontrollable, filled with a ravenous hunger and rage that demanded the destruction of everything.
It was as though a beast had slept within him for countless years, only to be fully awakened by the deepest pain and despair.
"Ugh... aaaaaah!!!"
An inhuman howl, mingling pain, fury, and a strange exhilaration, erupted from Corax's gaping mouth, streaming with blood and saliva!
With that roar, the changes began to manifest.
His eyes, always as black as deep pools, always reflecting Bella's Amber gaze, now contracted and dilated abruptly, taking on an eerie, dark crimson hue that seemed ready to drip blood!
Red light swirled and burned in his eyes, replacing every shred of reason and emotion that belonged to "Corax," leaving only the purest animal instinct and lust for destruction.
In the dim green light of that cramped cell, his silhouette began to distort!
It was not a physical increase in size, but a terrifying transformation of his bearing and presence.
His gaunt outline grew blurred and elusive, seeming to merge with the shadows on the wall behind him, yet also resembling the silhouette of an immense black Raven, poised to spread its wings and tear through space.
"Kill... kill... kill... kill!!!"
The broken, hoarse, single-syllable word burst through his grinding teeth like the vilest curse, echoing and overlapping within the cell until it became a meaningless, maddened babble that signified only an