Her vision had gone red as blood flooded down her face, and she was screaming. All the guilt and anguish that she had pressed down swallowed her whole. She screamed as if she could shatter the world with it.
She wanted to be done.
She couldn’t betray everyone. Luc. Lila. Soren. Matron Pace. Her father…
“I can’t—” She strained again to get free, clawing empty air as she grasped towards the window.
His hand around her wrists let go, and then his palm was pressed against her forehead.
“No—!”
It was too late. His resonance poured through her. It was as if she were a tapestry. He found the threads of emotion and ripped them out.
He didn’t sedate or paralyse her. It was worse, more violating than that. He took away all the things she felt, leaving her mind scrambling, trying to reconcile
