XADEN
The moment the silver touches my skin, it burns.
A sharp, vicious heat cuts through everything else that’s been messing with my mind all day.
Good.
I wrap it around my arm, watching the skin redden instantly. The pain bit deep into my skin. Then my other arm. My torso. Each coil is tighter than the last, each burn dragging a rough sound from my throat.
It hurts.
God, it hurts.
But it keeps my mind on the pain, rather than wanting to kill and destroy things I wouldn’t be able to mend later.
They already hate me. But I don’t care.
They are all corrupted beyond rots in this academy anyway.
This…I’m only doing it for myself.
I lean my head back against the cold stone, eyes closing as the silver tears through my skin, grounding me.
Until it directs my mind elsewhere.
Into t
