Chapter 17 - Alter
Brandon kept himself away from the light for a very long time. He didn't seek to awaken. He knew what was waiting...and in the depth of his own unconsciousness he was deathly afraid of what was waiting for him....but soon enough the light did come for him.
Clawing into his safe darkness and ripping him out of his hiding spot, like a small child torn from the covers by a monster.
The noiseless light was cold and pale, noting like the warm sunlight and orange candle light that Brandon had become accustomed to while living with Ezekiel and his family. Awareness of everything clawed its way into his green eyes and back into his pounding brain.
The first thing that Brandon was forced to feel was the continued pain of having been Warded. The Flame inside of his barely flic
