Tessa
He tears his shirt off in one swift motion, wiping frantically at his skin, some of it already sinking into his skin.
Juana staggers back, horrified. “I’m so sorry!” she cries, her voice breaking. “I didn’t mean to..I didn’t mean to!”
“Take her out of here!” Renric roars.
The guards seize her harder and tighter, dragging her away as she struggles weakly now, her strength already flickering.
“I’m sorry!” She keeps crying. “I’m really so sorry!” Her voice fades as they pull her further away.
Renric reaches Kael in seconds. “How do you feel?”
Kael’s chest rises and falls steadily, but slower now. He lifts his gaze and it lands on me.
Something in my chest twists painfully.
“I don’t know,” he says quietly. “I don’t feel… abnormal yet.”
“That doesn’t matter,” Renric snaps. “The
