I gag at the crunching sounds Ryze makes as he eats it. The sound makes me feel sick.
“You want to keep him. You have to feed him properly. They are carnivorous birds, Aleera; you can’t feed him leftover sandwiches.”
I nod, but I don’t think I can force a mouse to die after seeing how viciously he’d killed it. Tobias tries to pass me one, and I shake my head, feeling my stomach grow queasy.
“How do you expect to look after him if you won’t feed him?” Tobias questions.
“You couldn’t bring dead ones?” I ask.
Tobias looks down at the cage, not watching his hand, and Ryze strikes again, plucking the squeaking mouse.
“Fucker,” Tobias hisses, sucking his fingers where Ryze got him.
Tobias sits on the ground next to his mouse cage and pulls another one out.
“So, if you weren’t trying t
