Beads of perspiration, pumping blood, and muscles tensing as every hair stand on edge. These are instinctual behaviors, subconscious reactions to an alarming disturbance in the environment. Fleeing comes to mind but is dismissed by the off chance of an encounter with the "unknown." After all, there may be ... of fear. These boys abandoned the shelters, the fire, and their original comrades for a fruitless and bloodthirsty hunt. Fear became the wedge between the reality of necessities and the brutish desires of the boys. Soon, fear devoured all rational thoughts and left the boys with sheer p...

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