Chapter 289: Monstrous Viney
The man’s agonizing scream was immediately silenced as he ended up being swallowed whole by the carnivorous plant, giving him no time to react before making him meet his end. Its emerald green hue caught Samantha’s eyes when she turned to see, and her pupils automatically dilated as she was faced with her no longer small, cute Viney, but a monstrous, scary-sized side of it looming at the foot of her bed.
Her nerves were instantly spooked!
Her little Viney, was now a colossal animated plant, whilst it resembled a monstrous pitcher plant, capable of sending tremors down the spine of anyone who crossed paths with it. Its enormous fang mouth yawned open, petals pulsating with an otherworldly glow. Towering almost to the ceiling, the plant’s sinuous tendrils swayed like serpents, casting an unsettling dance upon the walls. Its green hues seemed to pulse with life, and Samantha had to sit up slowly, her mind still recovering from having seen the plant swallow an alive man whole.
"V... Viney?" She stammered softly, wondering if it was really her pet plant. She was inexplicably caught between fear and fascination, and all those times Viney had told her how it couldn’t reveal it’s true self without purpose, she finally understood why.
’Is Master okay?’ The concerned voice of Viney was immediately transmitted into her head, and as though the tears in her eyes had been waiting to hear her Viney speak, she could no longer keep them in as she got out of bed to stand before her pet plant. If her hands weren’t chained, she would have embraced her dear plant for staying alive. The tears pooling her eyes rolled down her face, and that was all she could bring herself to do.
If Viney hadn’t intervened on time, she was likely to get molested by that man, and then what will become of her? What will she say to Ivan? How she had escaped such a cruel reality thanks to Viney, she would never forget.
Sensing her inescapable tears, the plant’s tiniest tendrils extended towards Samantha’s face, gently wiping away her tears from her closed eyelids– it came as a gentle caress rather than a threat.
’Did Viney wake up too late? Viney is genuinely sorry, Master.’ She heard it speak, sounding apologetic as though it was the cause of her problems, and Samantha managed to smile in-between her tears, whilst she shook her head at the gigantic plant before her. She had been frightened a few seconds ago, but when she confirmed that it was her pet plant, all her fears had vanished, she didn’t even mind that it had eaten a fellow human in front of her. Infact, she was glad it happened.
When she didn’t see or hear from her pet plant, it weakened her soul.