“Stop it! Stop!! Let me go!!” Amara screamed at the top of her lungs as she stumbled blindly along the yard.
The voice kept coming, louder and louder, too fast, too sharp, like a wheel with no brakes.
Kill him. Him. Him. Him.
It drove her wild.
“Amara!” Leo called, running after her, but the strength and speed she was using was nothing human.
What was she turning into?
Her heart slammed heavily against her ribs as panic clawed rugged scars through the fragments of her mind. She could still feel it, his neck under her fingers, his skin burning against her palms. She had been strangling Leo. Her Leo.
She was mad. She was really going insane.
“Amara, please…come,” Leo said, his voice desperate as he closed in behind her.
“Stay away from me, Leo! I’m a monster!” she cried, backing awa
