68
Kerina
Three things happen simultaneously. Saxon understands why his parents were killed. Ryen readies himself for an attack from Saxon. And my head feels like it might explode with the sound of a thousand drums thumping in my mind. I grip the side and scream from the pressure. My ears, my eyes, my head. A screaming from afar, yet so close. Me. People moving in slow motion. Strange colours. As though I am underwater. My vision blurs, noise around me fades, and my legs collapse.
‘Hello, Kerina,’ says the nice lady.
‘She’s getting so big,’ says my mother.
‘Yes, almost as big as my son, Saxon. He is a similar age.’
I look up into the green eyes of this woman.
‘I brought this for you.’ The lady hands me a silver locket. ‘You must wear it always.’
The two women exchange a look.
‘It’
