There was blood, so much blood. But my eyes went straight to the streaks of blue energy. I just knew it was the same energy I had seen on my own body, except Kai wasn’t giving it up willingly.
With each mouthful of blood and shimmering energy, Kent was growing physically stronger. He could already sit up on his own. From his abnormally strong grip, I could see he had full use of his upper body. If that was the case, he was well on his way to getting out of the bed.
Of course, life is never that clean. Just as we locked eyes, Kent gripped his chest, struggling for breath. He appeared to have hit his limit on the consumption of electric lifeforce.
He released Kai, letting his body fall to the floor with a thud.
I took a few steps closer to see if he was dead. He wasn’t.
“Please, Mrs. Me
