Merissa kissed her child and smiled in relief. [Don't worry, baby. Mommy's gonna free you from these nasty chains,] she murmured lovingly to the disfigured monstrosity before her. Merissa had used forbidden sorcery to revive her dead child, resulting in his horribly deformed figure. But that mattered not. He was still her baby. So what if he required human flesh as sustenance? How could they imprison her dear child for such a minor infraction? Merissa's ire flared at the thought. She would make them pay for hurting her beloved.