Die Again, Eat Stronger

Kane Draker's blade pins her tail to the stone. "Talk. Now. Prove it." Jessa cannot. She is a Level One rat monster, and this hunter already killed her yesterday. Every time she dies, she wakes in the same pathetic body with every memory intact. So she stops running. She starts eating the things that kill her, turning traps, blood, and repeated executions into power. Each death makes her smarter. Each meal makes her harder to kill. Soon, the dungeon's weakest prey is building plans no hunter can predict. Then the system marks her as an abnormality and begins a permanent purge. Sixty seconds remain. Her only exemption is a binding contract with Kane, the cold hunter who should destroy her. He can erase her with one command, yet he may be the only person who can keep her alive. To survive, Jessa must enter his reach, trust the man who has killed her most often, and risk surrendering control of her evolution. Bind to him, or lose every life, every memory, and her last chance to become human again.