Elisse immediately turned red. "Bran, shut up!"
He only laughed.
Zayn's cheeks heated up a bit… she didn't deny it.
Zayn exhaled deeply and glanced around at the others then, his eyes landed on Tobias, who was kneeling beside the monster's remains, muttering to himself.
Zayn frowned.
'Tobias does a lot of damn weird things sometimes… and this? This is just another one of those moments.'
Normally, he'd let it slide, but something about the way Tobias was acting made him pause.
The hero wasn't just looting the monster's remains for valuable materials — he was searching for something specific.
His hands moved quickly, methodically, pushing aside ruined flesh and slicing through the thick hide with practiced ease.
His brows were furrowed in deep concentration, lips barely moving as if he were calculating something in his mind.
Then, Tobias' hand stilled.
His fingers curled around a small, glowing core, still slick with the creature's blood.
